33 If I have hid [a]my sins, as Adam, concealing mine iniquity in my bosom,

34 Though I could have made afraid a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families did [b]fear me: so I kept [c]silence, and went not out of the door.

35 Oh that I had some to hear me! behold my [d]sign that the Almighty will witness for me: though mine adversary should write a book against me,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:33 And not confessed it freely: whereby it is evident that he justified himself before men, and not before God.
  2. Job 31:34 That is, I reverenced the most weak and contemned, and was afraid to offend them.
  3. Job 31:34 I suffered them to speak evil of me, and went not out of my house to revenge it.
  4. Job 31:35 This is a sufficient token of my righteousness, that God is my witness and will justify my cause.

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