Job 31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.In other versions
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
ASV
Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;
BBE
Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;
DBY
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.
WEB
If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
YLT
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
ENG
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
WBT
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
BSB
In context
34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;