Job Chapter 31 verse 34 Holy Bible
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-
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For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;
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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, ...
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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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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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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--
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Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 34. - Did I fear a great multitude! rather, because I feared the great multitude or the great assembly; i.e. the gathering of the people in the gate on occasions of public business. It' Job had been conscious of any great and heinous sins' he would not have led the open and public life which, previously to his calamities, he had always led (Job 29:7-10, 21-25); he would have been afraid to make his appearance at public meetings, lest his sins should have become known, and should draw upon him scorn and contempt, instead of the respect and acclamations to which he was accustomed. Or did the contempt of families terrify me? rather, and the contempt of families terrified me. The contempt of the assembled tribes and families, which might have been poured out upon him at such meetings, would have been quite sufficient to prevent his attending them. If by any accident he had found himself at one, and had seen that he was looked upon with disfavour, he must have kept silence in order to avoid observation. Prudence would have counselled that more complete abstention which is implied in the phrase, and went not out of the door; i.e. "stayed at home in mine own house."
