Job 31:33
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
BSB
ASV
If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
KJV
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
If I covered my transgressions as Adam - That is, if I have attempted to hide or conceal them; if, conscious of guilt, I have endeavored to cloak my sins, and to appear righteous. There has been great variety of opinion about the meaning of this expression. The margin reads it, “After the manner of men.” Luther, renders it, “Have I covered my wickedness as a man” - Habe ich meine Schalkheit wie ein Menseh gedecht.
So he might easily know of the fall, through the two links which connect Adam and Abraham (about Job's time), namely, Methuselah and Shem. Adam is representative of fallen man's propensity to concealment (Pr 28:13). It was from God that Job did not "hide his iniquity in his bosom," as on the contrary it was from God that "Adam" hid in his lurking-place.
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Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
leads to
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be…
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Through
Genesis 3:12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
leads to
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
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Hosea 6:7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
leads to
“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”