Catholic Public Domain Version

Job 31:31-35 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

31. if the men around my tabernacle have not said: "He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,"

32. for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler;

33. if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom;

34. if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door;

35. then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,