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—
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 31:34 in context
Job 31:31–37
31
if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
32
(the foreigner has not camped in the street,
but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
33
if like Adam I have covered my transgressions,
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34
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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—
35
oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!
Let the accuser write my indictment!
36
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
and I would bind it to me as a crown.
37
I would declare to him the number of my steps.
I would go near to him like a prince.
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