Job 31:32-34
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
32 No stranger lodged in the street,
for I opened my door to wayfarers—
33 [a]Had I, all too human, hidden my sins
and buried my guilt in my bosom
34 Because I feared the great multitude
and the scorn of the clans terrified me—
then I should have remained silent, and not come out of doors!
Footnotes
- 31:33–34 Job’s present protest is made, not in spite of hidden sins which he had been unwilling to disclose, but out of genuine innocence. All too human: can also be translated “like Adam.”
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