Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
We have here Job's protestation against three more sins, together with his general appeal to God's bar and his petition for a hearing there, which, it is likely, was intended to conclude his discourse (and therefore we will consider it last), but that another particular sin occurred, from which he thought it requisite to acquit himself. He clears himself from the charge, I. Of dissimulation and hypocrisy.
Commenting on Job 31:33-40
If my land cry against me,.... Some think that this verse and Job 31:39 stand out of their place, and should rather follow after Job 31:34; and some place them after Job 31:25; and others after Job 31:8; but this is the order of them in all copies and versions, as they stand in our Bibles; and here, after Job had expressed his desire to...
So far from hiding the adversary's "answer" or "charge" through fear, I would take it on my shoulders--as a public honor (Isa 9:6). a crown--not a mark of shame, but of distinction (Isa 62:3).