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Job 31

Job 31:33 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If I covered
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
my transgressions
pesha` (Hebrew #6588)
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
KJV usage: rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
Pronounce: peh'-shah
Origin: from 6586
τas Adam
'Adam (Hebrew #121)
Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Adam.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: the same as 120
n, by hiding
taman (Hebrew #2934)
to hide (by covering over)
KJV usage: hide, lay privily, in secret.
Pronounce: taw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
mine iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
in my bosom
chob (Hebrew #2243)
properly, a cherisher, i.e. the bosom
KJV usage: bosom.
Pronounce: khobe
Origin: by contraction from 2245
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or, after the manner of men.
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Gen. 3:8,12• 8And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.
 12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate. (Gen. 3:8,12)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 3:7‑8,12• 7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they joined together fig-leaves, and made themselves aprons .
 8And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.
 12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate. (Gen. 3:7‑8,12)
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Josh. 7:11• 11Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. (Josh. 7:11)
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Prov. 28:13• 13{i}He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper;{HR}But whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall obtain mercy.{/i} (Prov. 28:13)
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Hos. 6:7• 7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against me. (Hos. 6:7)
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Acts 5:8• 8And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. (Acts 5:8)
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1 John 1:8‑10• 8If we say that we have no sin, we mislead ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
 10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8‑10)
as Adam.
or, after the manner of men.
Hos. 6:7• 7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against me. (Hos. 6:7)
• No hypocrisy or fear of man (vers. 33-34). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• He had not acted as men so generally do, hiding their sins from the eye of man—or, as our version and many render the words, “as Adam,” who hid from the presence of God to conceal the shame of his guilt. Job walked in the light, where all could see him. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

W. Kelly Translation

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If I, like Adam, covered my transgressions,{HR}Hiding in my bosom mine iniquity,