Job 31:36
36Surely ▼▼tn The clause begins with the positive oath formula,
אִם־לֹא (
ʾim loʾ).
I would wear it proudly ▼▼tn The word “proudly” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied (note the following line).
on my shoulder,
I would bind ▼▼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.
it on me like a crown;