Job 31:33

31 if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

32 but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

34 because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

35 (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
KJV
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
WEB
if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
ASV
If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
DARBY
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
BLB
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam, by hiding my guilt in my bosom,
ÅB
Har jeg, som mennesker pleier, skjult mine synder og dulgt min misgjerning i min barm,
OTB
Har jeg skjult mine overtredelser som Adam,
Ved å skjule min skyld i mitt hjerte,
B1930
Har jeg, som mennesker pleier, skjult mine synder og dulgt min misgjerning i min barm,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 28:13

    He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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  • Acts 5:8

    “Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”

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  • Genesis 3:12

    And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

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  • Hosea 6:7

    But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

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  • 1 John 1:8–10

    If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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  • Joshua 7:11

    Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.

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  • Genesis 3:7–8

    And 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.

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