KJVDid I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
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—
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 fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.
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, ...
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XXXI. Job had often protested his integrity in general; here he does it in particular instances, not in a way of commendation (for he does not here proclaim his good deeds), but in his own just and necessary vindication, to clear himself from those crimes with…