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?

Did I fear {H6206} a great {H7227} multitude {H1995}, or did the contempt {H937} of families {H4940} terrify {H2865} me, that I kept silence {H1826}, and went not out {H3318} of the door {H6607}?

from fear of general gossip or dread of some family's contempt. keeping silent and not going outdoors

because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

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—

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 23:2 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:

  • Job 34:19 (2 votes)

    [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.

  • Exodus 32:27 (2 votes)

    And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

  • Nehemiah 13:4 (2 votes)

    And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, [was] allied unto Tobiah:

  • Nehemiah 13:8 (2 votes)

    And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

  • Proverbs 24:11 (2 votes)

    ¶ If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;

  • Proverbs 24:12 (2 votes)

    If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?