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32 (the stranger has not lodged in the street,
    but I opened my doors to the traveler);
33 if I covered my transgressions as any man,
    by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34 did I fear a great multitude,
    or did the contempt of families terrify 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