Job 31:33
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 31:33 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 31:33 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: as Adam: or, after the manner of men" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 31:33 — KJV
“If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: as Adam: or, after the manner of men”
— Job 31:33 (KJV)
Job 31:33 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 31:33
“I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:33: iniquity, after, manner
“And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. My...: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven”
Shares key themes with Job 31:33: mine, iniquity, men
“Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:33: after, manner, men
“And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:33: covered, after, men
“Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. Laish: also called, Leshem magistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraints”
Shares key themes with Job 31:33: after, manner, men
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