Job 31:31 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 31:24-32

Four articles more of Job's protestation we have in these verses, which, as all the rest, not only assure us what he was and did, but teach us what we should be and do:? I. He protests that he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world, nor took the things of it for his portions and happiness. He had gold; he had fine gold. His wealth was great, and he had gotten much. Our wealth is either advantageous or pernicious to us according as we stand affected to it. If we make it our rest and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:31

If the men of my tabernacle ,.... Either his friends, that came to visit him, and take a meal with him, and would sometimes tarry awhile with him in his house, being very free and familiar with him; and who were, as it were, at home in his tabernacle; or rather his domestic servants, that were under his roof, and dwelt in his house, see Job 19:15 ; if these said not, oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied ; of the flesh of Job's enemy; and the sense is that his servants... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 31:31

If the men of my tabernacle said - I believe the Targum gives the best sense here: - "If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Who hath commanded that we should not be satisfied with his flesh?" My domestics have had all kindness shown them; they have lived like my own children, and have been served with the same viands as my family. They have never seen flesh come to my table, when they have been obliged to live on pulse. Mr. Good's translation is nearly to the same sense: - "If the men... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Job's second parable: 4. A solemn protestation of innocence. I. WITH RESPECT TO THE LAW OF CHASTITY . (Verses 1-4.) 1 . The wickedness he eschewed. Not alone the crime of seduction, or the actual defilement of virginal innocence, but even the indulgence of so much as a lascivious desire in connection with an unmarried female, was an ungodliness which Job regarded with abhorrence and indignation. Job's morality on this point, as also upon some others, is a remarkable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Solemn assurances of innocence. Job can discover no connection between his present sufferings and those well-founded hopes of his former life to which he has been referring; but there remains the assumption of his guilt as an explanation. In his intense longing for redemption he is led, in conclusion, to affirm in the most solemn and sacred manner his innocence, invoking the sorest punishments upon himself if his words are untrue. Thus, in effect, he makes a final appeal to God as his Judge.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The consciousness of integrity. The Divine solution of the riddle of human life is being wrought out in this poem, although at times it seems as though the entanglement became more and more confused. The case, as put in these three chapters, is the condensation of all as far as it has gone. It still awaits the solution. Job was in riches, dignity, and honour; he is now cast down to ignominy and suffering. Yet he is righteous—this, at least, is his own conviction; and in this chapter he makes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:31

If the men of my tent said not , Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. A very obscure passage, but probably to be connected with the following verse, in which Job boasts of his hospitality. Translate, If the men of my tent did not say , Who can find a man that has not been satisfied with his meat? The apodosis is wanting, as in verse 28. 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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 31:24-32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 31:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:31

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

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

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