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32 No stranger has ever had to spend the night in the street;
    my door has always been open to the traveler.
33 “Have I ever concealed my transgressions as others do,
    keeping my guilt buried within my breast,
34 because I feared the gossip that would ensue,
    and I was terrified at the scorn of the multitude?
If so, then I would have remained silent
    and not ventured out of doors.

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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