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33 If I have (A)covered my transgressions like [a]Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
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—
35 Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my [b]signature;
(C)Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my (D)accuser has written,

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  1. Job 31:33 Or mankind
  2. Job 31:35 Lit mark

33 if I have concealed(A) my sin as people do,[a]
    by hiding(B) my guilt in my heart
34 because I so feared the crowd(C)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(D) and would not go outside—

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(E)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(F) put his indictment in writing.

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  1. Job 31:33 Or as Adam did