austere For I feared thee, because thou art an {austere} man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. austere And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, [thou] wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an {austere} man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: ~~~~~~