Job 31:33
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
In Context
32but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
Cross References
Genesis 3:7And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
Genesis 3:12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
2 Kings 20:15“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
Hosea 6:7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not 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 →