Job 31:34

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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?

WEB

because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

ASV

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—

LSV

Because I fear a great multitude, || And the contempt of families frightens me, || Then I am silent, I do not go out of the opening.

YLT

Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

DBY

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, ...

DRC

If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.

GNV

Though I could haue made afraid a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families did feare me: so I kept silence, and went not out of the doore.

JPS

Because I feared the great multitude, and the most contemptible among families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door.

LXXE

(for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them:) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:

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WLC

כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱר֨וֹץ ׀ הָ֘מ֤וֹן רַבָּ֗ה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּח֥וֹת יְחִתֵּ֑נִי וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם לֹא־אֵ֥צֵא פָֽתַח׃

LXX-Br

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

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• Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
• Proverbs 29:25The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
• Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
• Esther 4:14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a…
• Esther 4:11“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the…
• Job 22:8while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
• Jeremiah 38:16But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
• Jeremiah 38:4–5Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the…
• Matthew 27:20–26But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death. “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied. “What then…
• 2 Corinthians 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
• Exodus 32:27He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his…
• Amos 5:11–13Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. For I know…
• Nehemiah 13:4–8Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain…
• Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
• Jeremiah 38:19But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
• Nehemiah 5:7and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them

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