Did I fear a great multitude - Our translators have rendered this as if Job meant to say that he had not been deterred from doing w…

Did I fear a great multitude ?
&c.] No, they did not deter him from confessing his sin in the most public manner, wh…

Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are reluctant to confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon others. …

After Job defended himself against charges of injustice (Job 31:5) and lack of mercy (Job 31:16), he now declares himself i…