Catholic Public Domain Version
"which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown? "
— Job 31:36, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Surely I would take it upon 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: ”
“Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.”
“Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;”
“That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?”
“Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;”
“Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.”
if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom;
if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door;
then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,
which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown?
With each of my steps, I would pronounce and offer it, as if to a prince.
So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it,
if I have used its fruits for nothing but money and have afflicted the souls of its tillers,