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Job 31:34

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

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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—

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?

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
אֶֽעֱר֨וֹץ׀'e.'e.RotzI fearedH6206 →
הָ֘מ֤וֹןha.Mona multitudeH1995 →
רַבָּ֗הra.BahgreatH7227 →
וּבוּז־u.vuz-and [the] contempt ofH937 →
מִשְׁפָּח֥וֹתmish.pa.ChotclansH4940 →
יְחִתֵּ֑נִיye.chi.Te.niit caused to be dismayed meH2865 →
וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗םva.'e.Domand I was silentH1826 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
אֵ֥צֵא'E.tze'I went outsideH3318 →
פָֽתַח׃Fa.tach[the] doorH6607 →

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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.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 GodNumbers 25:14–15The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.Nehemiah 13:28Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.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 neighbor.’”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 well-being of these people, but their ruin.”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.Matthew 27:20–26But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.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.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.”Proverbs 24:11–12Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.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 king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”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.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 themJob 22:8while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.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 time as this?”Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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