If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Job 31:33 belongs to Job's defense and protestation of his integrity, in which he maintained his uprightness before God. In that defense he held that he had committed no open sins against God. The chapter is his protestation of integrity, setting forth what makes a man truly honest.
Adam is presented as one who after transgressing hid himself and concealed his iniquity in his bosom. Job denies that he covered his transgressions in that same way as Adam did. He presented his integrity openly and called for judgment if any moral stain could be found in him. That open challenge gives stronger proof of what makes a man honest than merely saying he owes no man anything, for true honesty consists not in freedom from liability to fellow men but in integrity and candor and spotless purity.
Job 31:33 belongs to Job's defense and protestation of his integrity, in which he maintained his uprightness before God. In that defense he held that he had committed no open sins against God. The chapter is his protestation of integrity, setting forth what makes a man truly honest.
Adam is presented as one who after transgressing hid himself and concealed his iniquity in his bosom. Job denies that he covered his transgressions in that same way as Adam did. He presented his integrity openly and called for judgment if any moral stain could be found in him. That open challenge gives stronger proof of what makes a man honest than merely saying he owes no man anything, for true honesty consists not in freedom from liability to fellow men but in integrity and candor and spotless purity.