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Job Chapter 31 verse 37 Holy Bible

ASV Job 31:37

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.
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BBE Job 31:37

I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.
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DARBY Job 31:37

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.
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KJV Job 31:37

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
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WBT Job 31:37

I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.
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WEB Job 31:37

I would declare to him the number of my steps. As a prince would I go near to him.
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YLT Job 31:37

The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 37. - I would declare unto him the number of my steps; i.e. I would conceal nothing. I would willingly divulge every act of my life. I would make full and complete answer to the indictment in every particular. As a prince would I go near unto him. There should be no timidity or cringing on my part. I would face my accuser boldly, and bear myself as a prince in his presence.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(37) I would declare--i.e., "I would readily give an account of all my actions, and meet him with alacrity and perfect confidence." Others suppose the meaning to be, "I would meet him as I would meet a prince, with the utmost deference and respect, not at all as an enemy, but as one worthy of all honour and regard." The actual meaning is uncertain. On the other hand, he has been spoken of by his friends: as a fool (Job 5:2), by Eliphaz; as a man full of words, a liar, and a mocker (Job 11:2-3), by Zophar; as perverse, wicked, and iniquitous (Job 11:12; Job 11:14); a blasphemer and a hypocrite, by Eliphaz (Job 15:4-5; Job 15:13; Job 15:16; Job 15:34, &c.); as wicked, a robber, and ignorant of God, by Bildad (Job 18:5; Job 18:14); as wicked and a hypocrite, by Zophar (Job 20:5); as extortionate and oppressive (Job 31:15; Job 31:19, &c.); as a tyrant and an impious man, by Eliphaz (Job 22:5; Job 22:9; Job 22:13; Job 22:17, &c.). . . .