Job 31:33

What does Job 31:33 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 31:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

Context

v.32(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

v.33This passage

v.34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 7:11

    Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.

  • Genesis 3:12

    And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

  • Proverbs 28:13

    He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

  • Acts 5:8

    And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yea, for so much.

  • Hosea 6:7

    But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

  • Genesis 3:7

    And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

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