Job 31:34
32 but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
33 if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
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.
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- 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—
- ASV
- 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-
- DARBY
- 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,
- BLB
- because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of the clans terrified me and I kept silent, not going out the door—
- ÅB
- fordi jeg fryktet den store mengde og var redd for de fornemme slekters forakt, så jeg tidde stille og ikke gikk ut av min dør?
- OTB
- Fordi jeg var redd for den store mengden,
Og familiers forakt gjorde meg nervøs,
Og jeg holdt meg taus og gikk ikke ut av dørene? - B1930
- fordi jeg fryktet den store mengde og var redd for de fornemme slekters forakt, så jeg tidde stille og ikke gikk ut av min dør?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Read in contextProverbs 29:25
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
Read in contextProverbs 24:11–12
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
Read in contextNehemiah 13:28
Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
Read in contextExodus 32:27
He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
Read in contextJob 34:19
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
Read in contextJeremiah 38:16
But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
Read in contextJob 22:8
while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
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