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?
All Commentaries on Job 31:34 Go To Job 31
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Have not. Hebrew, "that I kept silence, not going out of doors "to defend the innocent. (Haydock)
Moses commands judges to do their duty without fear, Exodus xxiii. 2. People in such situations ought to be uninfluenced by hatred, love Cæsar says, justly, (in Sallust) "qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, amicitia, ira atque misericordia vacuos esse decet. Haud facile animus verum providet, ubi illa officiunt. "(Haydock)