King James Version
Job 31:33 in the King James Version says “If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: as Adam: or, after the manner of men” — study this verse from Job chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: as Adam: or, after the manner of men”
Job 31:33 · KJV
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. traveller: or, way
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: as Adam: or, after the manner of men
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. my: or, my sign is that the Almighty will
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“If I covered”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
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