Job 31:36 — Meaning and Application

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

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire {is, that} the Almighty would answer me, and {that} mine adversary had written a book. {my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will}

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

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

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; {complain: Heb. weep}