32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler-
32 ( the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler),
32 And no stranger ever had to spend a night in the street; my doors were always open to travelers.
32 (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler);
32 I have never turned away a stranger but have opened my doors to everyone.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 31:32
Commentary on Job 31:24-32
(Read Job 31:24-32)
Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send judgments upon a nation. 3. He neither desired nor delighted in the hurt of the worst enemy he had. If others bear malice to us, that will not justify us in bearing malice to them. 4. He had never been unkind to strangers. Hospitality is a Christian duty, 1 Peter 4:9.