Job 31:36
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That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?

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Exodus 28:12 And thou shalt put them in both sides of the ephod, a memorial for the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon both shoulders, for a remembrance.

Isaiah 22:22 And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.

a crown

Job 29:14 I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.

Isaiah 62:3 And thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

Philippians 4:1 Therefore my dearly beloved brethren and most desired, my joy and my crown: so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

Context
Job's Final Appeal
35Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judgeth would write a book, 36That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?37At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.…
Cross References
Job 31:35
Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,

Job 31:37
At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.

Lexicon
Surely
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I would carry it
אֶשָּׂאֶ֑נּוּ (’eś·śā·’en·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

on
עַל־ (‘a·lō·ši-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my shoulder
שִׁ֭כְמִי (ḵə·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7926: The neck, as the place of burdens, the spur of a, hill

and wear
אֶֽעֶנְדֶ֖נּוּ (’e·‘en·ḏen·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6029: To bind (around or upon)

it like a crown.
עֲטָר֣וֹת (‘ă·ṭā·rō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5850: A crown, wreath


Additional Translations
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.Surely I would take it on my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:

I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.

Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.

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

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.

If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
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