Job 31:33

Job 31:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
• English Standard Version (ESV)if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
• New King James Version (NKJV)If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart?

Context of Job 31:33

31if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’— 32but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler— if I have concealed my sin as people do, by hiding my guilt in my heart 34because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside— 35(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.

Job 31:33 word by word

אִם־כִּסִּ֣יתִי כְאָדָ֣ם פְּשָׁעָ֑י לִטְמ֖וֹן בְּחֻבִּ֣י עֲוֹֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If I coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• my transgressionsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• as Adamאָדָם'âdâm · AdamH121
• by hidingטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• mine iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• in my bosomחֹבchôb · breastH2243

Cross-references for Job 31:33

• Genesis 3:7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
• Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions.
• Proverbs 28:13Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
• Hosea 6:7As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
• Acts 5:8Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?” “Yes,” she said, “that is the price.”
• 1 John 1:8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Commentaries on Job 31:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33If I covered my transgressions as Adam - Here is a most evident allusion to the fall. Adam transgressed the commandment of his Maker, and he endeavored to conceal it; first, by hiding himself among the trees of the garden: "I heard thy voice, and went and Hid myself;" secondly, by laying the blame on his wife: "The woman gave me, and I did eat;" and thirdly, by charging the whole directly on God himself: "The woman which Thou Gavest Me to be with me, She…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33If I covered my transgressions as Adam - That is, if I have attempted to hide or conceal them; if, conscious of guilt, I have endeavored to cloak my sins, and to appear righteous. There has been great variety of opinion about the meaning of this expression. The margin reads it, “After the manner of men.” Luther, renders it, “Have I covered my wickedness as a man” - Habe ich meine Schalkheit wie ein Menseh gedecht. Coverdale, “Have I ever done any wicked…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are loth to confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon others. But he that thus covers his sins, shall not prosper, Pr 28:13. He speaks of his courage in what is good, as an evidence of his sincerity in it. When men get estates unjustly, they are justly deprived of comfort from them; it was sown wheat, but shall come up thistles. What men do not come honestly by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40Job called down wrong against himself (curses) if he was guilty of the accusations against him. Apart from mentioning idolatry (worship of false gods), Job spoke about how loyal he was to God by focusing on the second half of the Ten Commandments (31:26–27). The summary of these is: “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. Adam--translated by Umbreit, "as men do" (Ho 6:7, where see Margin). But English Version is more natural. The very same word for "hiding" is used in Ge 3:8, 10, of Adam hiding himself from God. Job elsewhere alludes to the flood. So he might easily know of the fall, through the two links which connect Adam and Abraham (about Job's time), namely, Methuselah and Shem. Adam is representative of fallen man's propensity to concealment (Pr 28:13). It was…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:33

• Adam
• Fall of Man
• Falsehood
• Hypocrisy
• Integrity
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Adam
• Bosom
• Instead
• Lift
• Root
• Adam in the Old Testament
• Adam in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha
• Charm
• Job, Book of
• Psychology

Commentaries on Job 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings