Job 31:32

Job 31:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
• New International Version (NIV)but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler—
• English Standard Version (ESV)(the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler),
• New King James Version (NKJV)(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler);

Context of Job 31:32

30(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse); 31If 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 traveller); 33If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom, 34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—

Job 31:32 word by word

בַּ֭חוּץ לֹא־יָלִ֣ין גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י לָאֹ֥רַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃Read the interlinear

• sojournerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• streetחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• doorsדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817

Cross-references for Job 31:32

• Job 31:17Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
• Genesis 19:2and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
• Judges 19:15And they turned aside thither, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge.
• Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
• Matthew 25:35for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
• Romans 12:13communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
• 1 Timothy 5:10well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.
• Hebrews 13:2Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
• 1 Peter 4:9using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

Commentaries on Job 31:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32The stranger did not lodge in the street - My kindness did not extend merely to my family, domestics, and friends; the stranger - he who was to me perfectly unknown, and the traveler - he who was on his journey to some other district, found my doors ever open to receive them, and were refreshed with my bed and my board.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32The 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-32Verses 24-32 Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send judgments upon a nation. 3. He…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-32no stranger had to lodge on the street: The Old Testament values hosting strangers (hospitality) (Genesis 18:1–13; 19:2–3; Judges 19:20–21). The New Testament commands it (Matthew 25:35; Romans 12:13; 1 Timothy 3:2; Hebrews 13:2; 1 Peter 4:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. traveller--literally, "way," that is, wayfarers; so expressed to include all of every kind (2Sa 12:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:32

• Hospitality
• Integrity
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Bosom
• Instead
• Lift
• Root
• Charm
• Job, Book of
• Traveller

Commentaries on Job 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings