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Job 31:34

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?

KJV

si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, et despectio propinquorum terruit me : et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.

Vulgate

οὐ γὰρ διετράπην πολυοχλίαν πλήθους τοῦ μὴ ἐξαγορεῦσαι ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν· εἰ δὲ καὶ εἴασα ἀδύνατον ἐξελθεῖν θύραν μου κόλπῳ κενῷ·

LXX

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—

ASV

כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱר֨וֹץ הָ֘מ֤וֹן רַבָּ֗ה וּ/בוּז מִשְׁפָּח֥וֹת יְחִתֵּ֑/נִי וָ֝/אֶדֹּ֗ם לֹא אֵ֥צֵא פָֽתַח

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בּ֭וּז
bvz
noun · 11×
הֲמ֥וֹן
hmvn
noun · 83×
חַ֖תּוּ
chtv
verb · 51×
יִדָּ֑מּוּ
ydmv
verb · 29×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
noun · 304×
עֲרֹ֥ץ
'rts
verb · 15×
פֶּ֖תַח
ptch
noun · 162×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Prov 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.