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Job 31:36

Job 31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

If my land cry against me,.... Some think that this verse and Job 31:39 stand out of their place, and should rather follow after Job 31:34; and some place them after Job 31:25; and others after Job…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Surely, I would take it upon my shoulder - That is, the book or bill which the Almighty would write in the case. Job says that he has such confidence that what God would record in his case would be in…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 31:33-40

We have here Job's protestation against three more sins, together with his general appeal to God's bar and his petition for a hearing there, which, it is likely, was intended to conclude his discourse…

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