Job 31:32

The stranger did not spend the night in the street, 1 but I opened my delet to the ger. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

In Context

31Have the men of my ohel not said, 1 Where can we find one who has not been sated with his basar (meat)? 1

33If I concealed my peysha like Adam, 1 by hiding mine avon in my heart, 1

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Cross References

Judges 19:15And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge the night in Giv'ah; and when he went in, he sat him down in the rechov of the ir; for there was no ish that took them into his bais to lodge the night. + 19:15 See Job 31:32 regarding the sin here, made more shameful in that it was committed against a Levi

Job 29:16I was an av to the evyonim (needy); 1 and the cause which I knew not 1 I investigated. 1

Isaiah 58:7Is it not paras lechem (breaking bread of thine, i.e., serving food) to the hungry, 1 and that thou bring the homeless aniyyim (poor) to thy bais? 1 When thou seest the arom (naked), that thou cover him with clothing; 1 and that thou hide not thyself from thine own basar (flesh and blood, kinspeople)? 1

Matthew 25:40And in reply, HaMelech + 25:40 HaMoshiach will say to them, Omein, I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these achim of mine, you did it to me.

Romans 12:13With a spirit of koinonia, keep the pushke full for the needs of the Kedoshim. Aspire to hachnosas orchim.

Hebrews 13:2Do not neglect hachnosas orchim (hospitality), for by this some without having da'as of it, have entertained malachim.

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 →

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