I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’
NMVFor I feared youi, because youi are an austere (severe; strict; harsh; solemn) man: youi take up that youi layed not down, and reap that youi did not sow.
OJBFor I was fearing you, because you are a big machmir (stickler), you take what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow.
TCENTFor I was afraid of yoʋ, because yoʋ are a stern man. Yoʋ take out what yoʋ did not put in, and yoʋ reap what yoʋ did not sow.’
T4TI did that because I was afraid of what you would do to me if the business failed. I know you are a man who does not do foolish things with your money. You even take from others money that does not really belong to you, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man’s field where he did not even do the planting.’