Job 31:34
What does Job 31:34 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 31:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—
KJV
King James Version · 1611Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For 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;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Because 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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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 38:16
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
- Job 22:8
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
- Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:
- Jeremiah 38:19
And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
- Exodus 32:27
And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
- Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
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