Job 31:33

If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

In Context

32The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;

34For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

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Cross References

Genesis 3:7And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.

Genesis 3:12And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.

2 Kings 20:15And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

Hosea 6:7But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.

1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33

Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →

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