Job 31:32
The stranger did not lodge in the street; I opened my doors to the traveller.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
In Context
31If the men of my tent have not exclaimed, “Who is there that hath not been satisfied with his meat?”
33Have I, after the manner of men, hidden my transgression, Concealing my iniquity in my bosom,
Cross References
Job 29:16I was a father to the poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to break thy bread to the hungry, And to bring the poor, that are cast out, to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him, And that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Matthew 25:40And the king will answer and say to them, Truly do I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
Romans 12:13Relieve the wants of the holy; be given to hospitality.
Hebrews 13:2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33
Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →