God’s Word Translation
Job 31:32
32(The visitor never spent the night outside, because I opened my door to the traveler.)
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(even though I didn’t speak sinfully by calling down a curse on his life)…. 31“If the people who were in my tent had said, ‘We wish we had never filled ⌞our stomachs⌟ with his food’…. (The visitor never spent the night outside, because I opened my door to the traveler.) 33“If I have covered my disobedience like Adam and kept my sin to myself, 34because I dreaded the large, noisy crowd and because the contempt of the ⌞local⌟ mobs terrified me so that I kept quiet and didn’t go outside….
Read all of Job 31Job 31:32 word by word
בַּ֭חוּץ לֹא־יָלִ֣ין גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י לָאֹ֥רַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:32
- Job 31:17or have eaten my food alone without letting the orphan eat any of it….
- Genesis 19:2He said, “Please, gentlemen, why don’t you come to my home and spend the night? ⌞You can⌟ wash your feet there. Then early tomorrow morning you can continue your journey.” “No,” they answered, “we’d rather spend the night in the city square.”
- Judges 19:15They went to spend the night there. The Levite entered Gibeah and sat down in the city square, because no one offered to take them home for the night.
- Isaiah 58:7Share your food with the hungry, take the poor and homeless into your house, and cover them with clothes when you see ⌞them⌟ naked. Don’t refuse to help your relatives.
- Matthew 25:35I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you took me into your home.
- Romans 12:13Share what you have with God’s people who are in need. Be hospitable.
- 1 Timothy 5:10People should tell about the good things she has done: raising children, being hospitable, taking care of believers’ needs, helping the suffering, or always doing good things.
- Hebrews 13:2Don’t forget to show hospitality to believers you don’t know. By doing this some believers have shown hospitality to angels without being aware of it.
- 1 Peter 4:9Welcome each other as guests without complaining.
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
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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
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