Job’s Final Appeal
Job 31:32
In 11 translations
- 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.traveller: or, way
- 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);
- LSV
- A stranger does not lodge in the street, || I open my doors to the traveler.
- YLT
- In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open.
- DBY
- The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.
- DRC
- The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
- GNV
- The stranger did not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him, that went by the way.
- JPS
- The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside.
- LXXE
- for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came:)
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- בַּ֭חוּץ לֹא־יָלִ֣ין גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י לָאֹ֥רַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἔξω δὲ οὐκ ηὐλίζετο ξένος, ἡ δὲ θύρα μου παντὶ ἐλθόντι ἀνέῳκτο·
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Cross-references most cited first
- Hebrews 13:2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
- Genesis 19:2–3and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.” But…
- Judges 19:20–21“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.” So he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.
- 1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
- Matthew 25:35For 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,
- Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Romans 12:13Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
- Judges 19:15They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
- Job 31:17–18if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless— though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
- 1 Timothy 5:10and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
- Matthew 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Matthew 25:44–45And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for…
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