Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler— New Living Translation I have never turned away a stranger but have opened my doors to everyone. English Standard Version (the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler), Berean Standard Bible but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler— King James Bible The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. New King James Version (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler); New American Standard Bible “The stranger has not spent the night outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler. NASB 1995 “The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler. NASB 1977 “The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler. Legacy Standard Bible The sojourner has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler— Amplified Bible “The stranger has not lodged in the street, Because I have opened my door to the traveler. Christian Standard Bible No stranger had to spend the night on the street, for I opened my door to the traveler. Holman Christian Standard Bible No stranger had to spend the night on the street, for I opened my door to the traveler. American Standard Version (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller); Aramaic Bible in Plain English I have not made a stranger lodge in the street and I opened my door to the wayfarer Brenton Septuagint Translation for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came:) Contemporary English Version and travelers were always welcome. Douay-Rheims Bible The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller. English Revised Version The stranger did not lodge in the street; but I opened my doors to the traveller; GOD'S WORD® Translation (The visitor never spent the night outside, because I opened my door to the traveler.) Good News Translation I invited travelers into my home and never let them sleep in the streets. International Standard Version No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers." JPS Tanakh 1917 The stranger did not lodge in the street; My doors I opened to the roadside. Literal Standard Version A stranger does not lodge in the street, | I open my doors to the traveler. Majority Standard Bible but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler— New American Bible No stranger lodged in the street, for I opened my door to wayfarers— NET Bible But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler-- New Revised Standard Version the stranger has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler— New Heart English Bible (the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler); Webster's Bible Translation The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler. World English Bible (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler); Young's Literal Translation In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job's Final Appeal…31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’— 32but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler— 33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,… Cross References Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, Judges 19:17 When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "Where are you going, and where have you come from?" Job 31:31 if the men of my house have not said, 'Who is there who has not had his fill?'-- Job 31:33 if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart, Treasury of Scripture The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the travelers. The stranger Job 31:17,18 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; … Genesis 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… Judges 19:15,20,21 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging… traveller. Jump to Previous Alien Always Door Doors Foreigner Journey Lodged Night Night's Open Opened Outside Pathway Rest Roadside Sojourner Spend Stranger Street Traveler Traveller WayfarerJump to Next Alien Always Door Doors Foreigner Journey Lodged Night Night's Open Opened Outside Pathway Rest Roadside Sojourner Spend Stranger Street Traveler Traveller WayfarerJob 31 1. Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties(32) I opened my doors to the traveller.--The manners of Genesis 19:2-3, Judges 19:20-21, if not the incidents there recorded, are here implied. "The traveller" is literally the road or way: i.e., the wayfarer.Verse 32. - The stranger did not lodge in the street; i.e. "I did not suffer any stranger who came under my notice to lodge in the street, but, like Abraham (Genesis 18:2-8), went out to him, and invited him in, to partake of my hospitality." This is still the practice of Arab sheikhs in Syria, Palestine, and the adjacent countries (see Dr. Cunningham Geikie's 'Holy Land and the Bible,' vol. 1. p. 283). But I opened my doors to the traveller; literally, to the way; i.e. "my house gave on the street, and I kept my house door open." Compare the Mishna, "Let thy house be open to the street" ('Pirke Aboth,' § 5). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [but] noלֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no stranger גֵּ֑ר (gêr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner had to lodge יָלִ֣ין (yā·lîn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate on the street, בַּ֭חוּץ (ba·ḥūṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors for my door דְּ֝לָתַ֗י (də·lā·ṯay) Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door has been open אֶפְתָּֽח׃ (’ep̄·tāḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve to the traveler— לָאֹ֥רַח (lā·’ō·raḥ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan Links Job 31:32 NIVJob 31:32 NLT Job 31:32 ESV Job 31:32 NASB Job 31:32 KJV Job 31:32 BibleApps.com Job 31:32 Biblia Paralela Job 31:32 Chinese Bible Job 31:32 French Bible Job 31:32 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 31:32 The foreigner has not lodged (Jb) |
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