Job 31:36

Job 31:36 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

36Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,

I would put it on like a crown.

36I would certainly carry it on my shoulder,

I would tie it to myself like a garland.

36“Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder,

And bind the scroll around my head like a crown.

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder

and wear it like a crown.

36Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder;

I would bind it unto me as a crown:

36Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me?

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,

and I would bind it to me as a crown.

36I’ll wear them on my shoulder.

I’ll put them on my head like a crown.

36Then I would wear that paper clearly on my shoulders.

I would be proud to wear it like a crown on my head.

36If not—on my shoulder I take it up, || I bind it [as] a crown on myself.