Job 31:32
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
- KJV
- The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
- WEB
- (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
- ASV
- (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);
- DARBY
- The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.
- BLB
- A sojourner does not lodge in the street, [for] I have opened my doors to the traveler—
- ÅB
- Aldri måtte en fremmed ligge utenfor mitt hus om natten; jeg åpnet mine dører for den veifarende.
- OTB
- Den fremmede har ikke tilbrakt natten utenfor,
For jeg har åpnet mine dører for den reisende. - B1930
- Aldri måtte en fremmed ligge utenfor mitt hus om natten; jeg åpnet mine dører for den veifarende.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 13:2
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Read in contextGenesis 19:2–3
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
Read in contextJudges 19:20–21
And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
Read in contextRomans 12:13
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Read in contextMatthew 25:35
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Read in contextIsaiah 58:7
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Read in context1 Peter 4:9
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:10
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
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