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Job 31:33-37

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

33. If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 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? 35. Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book. 36. Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me. 37. I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

Job 31:33-37 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 31:33

Theological / Devotional

As Adam. “Like Adam,” or “like men.” The Heb. ’adam may mean the human race as well as be the personal name of Adam.

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