Job 31:34
because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
Cross References
Exodus 32:27He said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’”
Nehemiah 5:7Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.
Nehemiah 13:28One 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 you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Job 34:19He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 29:25The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in the LORD is kept 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 →