Job 31:32
Outside, the sojourner lodged not for the night, My doors—to the wayfarer, I threw open.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 household have not said, Oh for some of his flesh—we cannot get filled,
33If I covered, like Adam, my transgressions, by hiding in my bosom mine iniquity,
Cross References
Judges 19:15Then turned they aside there, to go in and tarry the night in Gibeah,—so he went in and abode in the broadway of the city; and there was no one minded to take them into a house, to tarry the night.
Job 29:16A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to break unto the hungry, thy bread, And the thrust-out oppressed, that thou bring into a home,—When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?
Matthew 25:40And, answering, the king will say unto them: Verily, I say unto you—Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me, ye did it.
Romans 12:13With the needs of the saints, having fellowship,—hospitality, pursuing.
Hebrews 13:2Of the entertaining of strangers, be not forgetful, for, hereby, unawares, have some entertained, messengers.
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 →