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Job 31:34

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Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—

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Job 31:34 in other translations

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—

Job 31:34 · World English Bible

Job 31:34 in context

  1. 32(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);
  2. 33If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
  3. 34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—
  4. 35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
  5. 36Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown: