The stranger; or, traveller as it follows. Did not lodge in the street; but in my house, according to the laws of hospitality, and the usage of those times, when there were no public inns provided for the conveniency of such persons: see Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:2 Judges 19:15,21.
Verse Job 31:32. _THE 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 _trave...
THE 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...
CHAPTER 31 _ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_ 2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13) 3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24) 4. Let God and man disprove me ...
JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
e. He lived openly and would not hesitate to have the Almighty publish his record. (Job 31:29-40) TEXT 31:29-40 29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself w...
_THE STRANGER DID NOT LODGE IN THE STREET: BUT I OPENED MY DOORS TO THE TRAVELLER._ Traveller, х_ 'ORACH_ (H734)] - literally, way - i:e., wayfarers; so expressed to include all of every kind (2 Samu...
JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and weak, charity, mod...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 31 JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
Like Job, we should be kind to strangers. We may invite people to our homes. We may provide a meal. The Bible says that sometimes people have invited angels (God’s servants from heaven) to stay with t...
I OPENED MY DOORS TO THE TRAVELLER. — The manners of Genesis 19:2; Judges 19:20, if not the incidents there recorded, are here implied. “The traveller” is literally _the road_ or _way: i.e.,_ the wayf...
בַּ֭ † חוּץ לֹא ־יָלִ֣ין גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE CLEAN LIFE Job 31:1 Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God Himself there would be no iniquity...
This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
(9) В¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; (10) Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. (11) For this is an heino...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
THE STRANGER DID NOT LODGE IN THE STREET,.... By a stranger is not meant an unconverted man, that is a stranger to God and godliness, to Christ, and the way of salvation by him, to the Spirit of God a...
The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveller. Ver. 32. _The stranger did not lodge in the street_] Job was so far from liking and commending those enraged stomac...
_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...
JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...
The stranger did not lodge in the street, for want of hospitality on Job's part, BUT I OPENED MY DOORS TO THE TRAVELER, so that everyone who passed by was made welcome, according to Oriental custom....
Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
TO THE TRAVELLER: Or, to the way...
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! Thr...
Job 31:32 sojourner H1616 lodge H3885 (H8799) street H2351 opened H6605 (H8799) doors H1817 traveler H734)...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is willing to know the worst of himse...
Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin; but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
_I made a covenant with mine eyes._ GUARD THE SENSES Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._) METHODS OF MORAL...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:31 WHO IS THERE THAT HAS NOT BEEN FILLED WITH HIS MEAT? Job’s household was always well fed. THE SOJOURNER HAS NOT LODGED IN THE STREET. Lodging was of critical importance to protec...
_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_ Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial reference to his _private...
EXPOSITION The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31. Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding, actua...
1 Peter 4:9; 1 Timothy 5:10; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 19:3; Hebrews 13:2;...