Job 31:34
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Becauseכִּ֤י
(ki)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
I fearedאֶֽעֱרֹ֨וץ
(e·'e·ro·vtz)
6206: to cause to tremble, tremblea prim. root
the greatרַבָּ֗ה
(rab·bah)
7227a: much, many, greatfrom rabab
multitude,הָ֘מֹ֤ון
(ha·mo·vn)
1995: a sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundancefrom hamah
And the contemptוּבוּז־
(u·vuz-)
937: contemptfrom buz
of familiesמִשְׁפָּחֹ֥ות
(mish·pa·cho·vt)
4940: a clanfrom the same as shiphchah
terrifiedיְחִתֵּ֑נִי
(ye·chit·te·ni;)
2865: to be shattered or dismayeda prim. root
me, And kept silentוָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם
(va·'ed·dom)
1826a: to be or grow dumb, silent or stilla prim. root
and did not goאֵ֥צֵא
(e·tze)
3318: to go or come outa prim. root
out of doors?פָֽתַח׃
(fa·tach.)
6607: opening, doorway, entrancefrom pathach


















KJV Lexicon
Did I fear
`arats  (aw-rats')
to awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harass -- be affrighted (afraid, dread, feared, terrified), break, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, shake terribly.
a great
rab  (rab)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
multitude
hamown  (haw-mone')
a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth -- abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.
or did the contempt
buwz  (booz)
disrespect -- contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
of families
mishpachah  (mish-paw-khaw')
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people -- family, kind(-red).
terrify
chathath  (khaw-thath')
to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
me that I kept silence
damam  (daw-man')
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
and went not out
yatsa'  (yaw-tsaw')
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
of the door
pethach  (peh'-thakh)
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way -- door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
because I greatly feared the crowds, and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside?

International Standard Version
Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"

NET Bible
because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors--

GOD'S WORD® Translation
because I dreaded the large, noisy crowd and because the contempt of the [local] mobs terrified me so that I kept quiet and didn't go outside....

King James 2000 Bible
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?
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