ヨブ記 31:31-32 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:32

The stranger did not lodge in the street ; i.e. "I did not suffer any stranger who came under my notice to lodge in the street, but, like Abraham ( Genesis 18:2-8 ), went out to him, and invited him in, to partake of my hospitality." This is still the practice of Arab sheikhs in Syria, Palestine, and the adjacent countries. But I opened my doors to the traveller ; literally, to the way ; i.e. "my house gave on the street, and I kept my house door open." Compare the Mishna, "Let thy... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 31:31

If the men of my tabernacle - The men of my tent; or those who dwell with me. The reference is doubtless to those who were in his employ, and who, being constantly with him, had an opportunity to observe his manner of life. On this verse there has been a great variety of exposition, and interpreters are by no means agreed as to its meaning. Herder connects it with the previous verse, and renders it,“No! my tongue uttered no evil word,Nor any imprecation against him,When the men of my tent... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 31:32

The stranger did not lodge in the street - This is designed to illustrate the sentiment in the previous verse, and to express his consciousness that he had showed the most generous hospitality.But I opened my doors to the traveler - Margin, or way. The word used here ארח 'ôrach means properly way, path, road; but it also denotes those who travel on such a way; see Job 6:19, “The troops of Tema looked,” Hebrew ארח תימא têymâ' 'ôrach - the ways, or paths of Tema; that is, those who traveled... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 31:31-32

Job 31:31-32. If the men of my tabernacle My domestics and familiar friends; said not, O that we had of his flesh! Heath and Schultens read the words, Who can show the man that hath not filled himself with his victuals? And many commentators understand Job as asserting here, that it was a common thing among those who lived in his family, on beholding his boundless beneficence, to cry out, “Who is there that has not eaten of his flesh?” That is, who has not tasted of his generosity?... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Job reaffirms his innocence (31:1-40)Once again Job examines his past life to see if, in fact, he has committed some great sin for which God is now punishing him. He readily acknowledges that God sees everything and that his punishment of sin is just. God knows that he has not been guilty even of unlawful sexual lust (31:1-4). He has not cheated others to enrich himself. If someone can prove that he has, he will gladly surrender all the produce of his fields (5-8). If he has committed adultery,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 31:31

men. Heb methim. App-14 . tabernacle = tent. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 31:31

"If the men of my tent have not said,Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street;But I have opened my doors to the travelers);If like Adam I have covered my transgressions,By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,Because I have feared the great multitude,And the contempt o f families terrified me,So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door -"In all of the holy Scriptures there is not a more beautiful portrait of an upright, godly,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 31:31

Job 31:31. If the men of my tabernacle said not— If the men of my dwelling had not said, Who can shew the man who hath not filled himself with his victuals? Heath and Schultens. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 31:31

31. That is, Job's household said, Oh, that we had Job's enemy to devour, we cannot rest satisfied till we have! But Job refrained from even wishing revenge (1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 16:10). So Jesus Christ (Luke 9:54; Luke 9:55). But, better (see Luke 9:55- :), translated, "Who can show (literally, give) the man who was not satisfied with the flesh (meat) provided by Job?" He never let a poor man leave his gate without giving him enough to eat. read more