Job 31:37

Authorized King James Version (1611)

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

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  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
  • Job 1:3 : 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
  • Job 9:3 : 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Job 14:16 : 16 ¶ For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
  • Job 29:25 : 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].
  • Eph 3:12 : 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
  • Heb 4:15-16 : 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
  • 1 John 3:19-21 : 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 ¶ For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, [then] have we confidence toward God.

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  • Job 31:33-36
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    33¶ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

    34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door?

    35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.

    36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.

  • 38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

  • Job 31:4-7
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    4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

    5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

    6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

    7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

  • Job 23:3-7
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    3Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!

    4I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

    6Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.

    7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • 11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

  • 35[Then] would I speak, and not fear him; but [it is] not so with me.

  • Job 33:10-11
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    10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

    11He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

  • 16¶ For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

  • 3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • 2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

  • Job 29:6-7
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    6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

    7¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!

  • 11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

  • Ps 38:16-17
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    16For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

    17For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.

  • 37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

  • 5Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.

  • 14¶ How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to reason] with him?

  • 17¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;

  • 3When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;

  • 16As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.

  • Job 31:26-29
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    26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;

    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

    28This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.

    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

  • 28But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • 15¶ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.

  • 5If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

  • 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

  • 1¶ Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

  • 32For [he is] not a man, as I [am, that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.

  • 32[That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • 22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.

  • 36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

  • 19Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • 4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • 22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • 11Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.