Job 31:36

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

In context

34 because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

35 (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

37 I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

38 if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
KJV King James Version: Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
WEB World English Bible: Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.
ASV American Standard Version: Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
YLT Young's Literal Translation: If not — on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
DBY Darby Translation: Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;
WBS Webster Bible: Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.