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32 The temporary resident has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my door to the wayfaring man—

33 If like Adam or like [other] men I have concealed my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom

34 Because I feared the great multitude and the contempt of families terrified me so that I kept silence and did not go out of the door—

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32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler(A)
33 if I have concealed(B) my sin as people do,[a]
    by hiding(C) my guilt in my heart
34 because I so feared the crowd(D)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(E) and would not go outside—

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:33 Or as Adam did