Job 31:31
What meaning of the job 31:31 in the Bible?
What does Job 31:31 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied."
What does Job 31:31 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied."
Verse 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...
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 obse...
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 31:35) Job 31:1. His final...
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...
MEN. Heb _methim._ App-14. TABERNACLE. tent....
IF THE MEN OF MY TABERNACLE SAID NOT— _If the men of my dwelling had not said, Who can shew the man who hath not filled himself with his victuals?_ Heath and Schultens....
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...
_IF THE MEN OF MY TABERNACLE SAID NOT, OH THAT WE HAD OF HIS FLESH! WE CANNOT BE SATISFIED._ i.e., Job's household said, Oh that we had Job's enemy to devour! We cannot rest satisfied until we have. B...
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...
OH THAT WE HAD OF HIS FLESH! — We should never be satisfied therewith. (Comp. the similar expression, Job 19:22.)...
אִם ־לֹ֣א אָ֭מְרוּ מְתֵ֣י אָהֳלִ֑י מִֽי ־יִתֵּ֥ן מִ֝ בְּשָׂרֹ֗ו לֹ֣א נִשְׂבָּֽע׃...
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...
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 iniquit...
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...
If the men of my (u) tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. (u) My servants moved me to be avenged of my enemy, yet I never wished him harm....
CHAPTER XXXI. Filled. If my servants have not testified sufficient affection for me, (Haydock) because I kept them under restraint, and obliged them to wait on my guests, (Menochius; St. Gregory) I s...
(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...
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; an...
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. Ver. 31. _If the men of my tabernacle said not_] _Contubernales, sive domestici; _ those of my family and fa...
_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...
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...
Family members and servants in his extended family always had plenty to eat, and Job had opened his home up for travelers and strangers as well. He had been very hospitable....
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! Thro...
THE MEN OF MY TABERNACLE, i.e. my domestics and familiar friends, who were much conversant with me in my house, and were witnesses of my carriage to others, and of their carriages to me, and therefore...
Job 31:31 men H4962 tent H168 said H559 (H8804) been H5414 (H8799) satisfied H7646 (H8799) meat H1320 the men - 1 Samuel 24:4, 1 Samuel 24:10, 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 16:9-10,...
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 _privat...
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 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 19:21; 2 Samuel 19:22; Jeremiah 40:15; Jeremiah 40:16;...
If — My domesticks and familiar friends. His flesh — This is farther confirmation of Job's charitable disposition to his enemy. Although all who were daily conversant with him, and were witnesses of h...