Job 31:34
because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door--
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions by hiding my iniquity in my bosom
Cross References
Exodus 32:27And he said to them, Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man
Nehemiah 5:7Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the ranking men and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, everyone of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
Nehemiah 13:28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I chased him from me.
Esther 4:14For if thou altogether keep quiet at this time, then relief and deliverance will arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish. And who knows whether thou have not come to the kingdom for such a
Job 34:19who does not respect the persons of rulers, nor regards the rich more than the poor. For they all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 29:25The fear of man brings a snare, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be safe.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:34-40
Job's Protestation of His Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 34 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? 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as… Read the whole commentary →