Job 31:34
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside

Young's Literal Translation
Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

King James Bible
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?

Hebrew
because
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I greatly
רַבָּ֗ה (rab·bāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

feared
אֶֽעֱר֨וֹץ ׀ (’e·‘ĕ·rō·wṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6206: To cause to tremble, tremble

the crowds,
הָ֘מ֤וֹן (hā·mō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1995: A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth

and the contempt
וּבוּז־ (ū·ḇūz-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 937: Disrespect

of the clans
מִשְׁפָּח֥וֹת (miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people

terrified me,
יְחִתֵּ֑נִי (yə·ḥit·tê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 2865: To prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear

so that I kept silent
וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם (wā·’ed·dōm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish

and would not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

go outside—
אֵ֥צֵא (’ê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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