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36 Surely[a] I would wear it proudly[b] on my shoulder,
I would bind[c] it on me like a crown;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:36 tn The clause begins with the positive oath formula, אִם־לֹא (ʾim loʾ).
  2. Job 31:36 tn The word “proudly” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied (note the following line).
  3. Job 31:36 tn This verb is only found in Prov 6:21. But E. Dhorme (Job, 470) suggests that (with metathesis) we have a derivative מַעֲדַנּוֹת (maʿadannot, “bonds; ties”) in 38:31.