What does Job 31:37 mean?

Job 31:37 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 31:37 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

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.

37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

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

39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

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