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(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;) 31If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? — The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway. 33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, 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

• openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• doorsדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817

Cross-references for Job 31:32

• Job 31:17Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
• Genesis 19:2and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and lodge, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will pass the night in the open place.
• Judges 19:15And they turned aside thither, to go in, to lodge in Gibeah. And he went in, and sat down in the open place of the city; and there was no one that received him into his house to pass the night.
• Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
• Matthew 25:35for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
• Romans 12:13distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
• 1 Timothy 5:10borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.
• Hebrews 13:2Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.
• 1 Peter 4:9hospitable 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