“because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside —”
Job 31:34 (BSB)
Context Reading
32but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler — 33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart, 34because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside — 35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment. 36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.