Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 31:31
31. Oh that we had, etc. Rather, Who can show any one not satisfied with his meat. His hospitality was such that the men of his tent, who had the best opportunities to know, could not point out any one who had not been fed at his table. Flesh is used for slaughtered food, as in 1 Samuel 25:11. read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 31:24-34
Fourth strophe Job declares himself to have discharged his more secret and private obligations to God and man. He was not only free from covetous extortion, as he had previously declared, (Job 31:21,) but also from avaricious idolatry of glittering wealth and a concealed adoration of the most conspicuous of the heavenly bodies. Nor had he cherished emotions of retaliation and revenge, nor neglected the rites of hospitality, nor in general laid claim to virtues which he possessed not, Job... read more