36 Would not I take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a [a]crown unto me?

37 I will tell him the number of my goings, and go unto him as to a [b]prince.

38 If my land [c]cry against me, or the furrows thereof complain together,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:36 Should not this book of his accusations be a praise and commendation to me?
  2. Job 31:37 I will make him account of all my life, without fear.
  3. Job 31:38 As though I had withheld their wages that labored in it.

36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,(A)
    I would put it on like a crown.(B)
37 I would give him an account of my every step;(C)
    I would present it to him as to a ruler.(D))—

38 “if my land cries out against me(E)
    and all its furrows are wet(F) with tears,

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