Job Chapter 31 verse 33 Holy Bible
If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
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If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
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If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
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If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
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If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:
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If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding my iniquity in my heart,
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If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 33. - If I covered my transgressions as Adam; or, after the manner of men It does not seem to me likely that Job had such a knowledge of Adam's conduct in the garden of Eden as would have made an allusion to it in this place natural or probable. The religious traditions of the Chaldees, which note the war in heaven, the Deluge, the building of the Tower of Babel, and the confusion of tongues, contain no mention of Adam or of Paradise. Nor. so far as I am aware, is there, among other ancient legends, any near parallel to the story of the Fall as related in Genesis 4. Much less does the subordinate detail of Adam hiding himself make its appearance in any of them. The marginal rendering, "after the manner of men," is therefore, I think, to be preferred. By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom. This is not particularly apposite to the case of Adam, who "hid himself from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden" (Genesis 4:8).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(33) As Adam.--Or, as man, i.e., commonly does. There may or may not be here some indication of acquaintance with the narrative of Genesis. (See the margin.)
