32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler(A)
33 if I have concealed(B) my sin as people do,[a]
    by hiding(C) my guilt in my heart
34 because I so feared the crowd(D)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(E) and would not go outside—

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  1. Job 31:33 Or as Adam did

32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

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?

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32 The stranger has not spent the night outside,
For I have opened my doors to the [a]traveler.
33 Have I (A)covered my wrongdoings like a man,
By hiding my guilt in my shirt pocket,
34 Because I (B)feared the great multitude
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And I kept silent and did not go out of doors?

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  1. Job 31:32 MT way

32 (A)(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street,
For I have opened my doors to the [a]traveler);
33 If I have covered my transgressions (B)as[b] Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
34 Because I feared the great (C)multitude,
And dreaded the contempt of families,
So that I kept silence
And did not go out of the door—

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  1. Job 31:32 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT road
  2. Job 31:33 Or as men do