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Verse Job 31:31. _IF THE MEN OF MY TABERNACLE SAID_] I believe the
_Targum_ gives the best sense here: - "If the men of my tabernacle
have not said, Who hath commanded that we should not be satisfied...
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IF THE MEN OF MY TABERNACLE - The men of my tent; or those who dwell
with me. The reference is doubtless to those who were in his employ,
and who, being constantly with him, had an opportunity to obse...
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CHAPTER 31
_ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_
2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13)
3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24)
4. Let God and man disprove me ...
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JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his
innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is
the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
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MEN. Heb _methim._ App-14.
TABERNACLE. tent....
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IF THE MEN OF MY TABERNACLE SAID NOT— _If the men of my dwelling had
not said, Who can shew the man who hath not filled himself with his
victuals?_ Heath and Schultens....
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e.
He lived openly and would not hesitate to have the Almighty publish
his record. (Job 31:29-40)
TEXT 31:29-40
29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,
Or lifted up myself w...
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_IF THE MEN OF MY TABERNACLE SAID NOT, OH THAT WE HAD OF HIS FLESH! WE
CANNOT BE SATISFIED._
i.e., Job's household said, Oh that we had Job's enemy to devour! We
cannot rest satisfied until we have. B...
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JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE
Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired
still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and
weak, charity, mod...
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Render, 'If the men in my tent have not said, Who can find one that
hath not been satisfied with his flesh?': i.e. Job had more than
satisfied his servants.
33A. Render, 'If I hid my fault like a com...
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Like Job, we should be kind to strangers. We may invite people to our
homes. We may provide a meal. The Bible says that sometimes people
have invited angels (God’s servants from heaven) to stay with t...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 31
JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
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OH THAT WE HAD OF HIS FLESH! — We should never be satisfied
therewith. (Comp. the similar expression, Job 19:22.)...
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אִם ־לֹ֣א אָ֭מְרוּ מְתֵ֣י אָהֳלִ֑י
מִֽי ־יִתּ
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XXIV.
AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING
Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1
Job SPEAKS
FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a
pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
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THE CLEAN LIFE
Job 31:1
Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of
calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God
Himself there would be no iniquity...
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This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It
is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three
friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
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If the men of my (u) tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh!
we cannot be satisfied.
(u) My servants moved me to be avenged of my enemy, yet I never wished
him harm....
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CHAPTER XXXI.
Filled. If my servants have not testified sufficient affection for
me, (Haydock) because I kept them under restraint, and obliged them to
wait on my guests, (Menochius; St. Gregory) I s...
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(9) В¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have
laid wait at my neighbour's door; (10) Then let my wife grind unto
another, and let others bow down upon her. (11) For this is an heino...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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IF THE MEN OF MY TABERNACLE,.... Either his friends, that came to
visit him, and take a meal with him, and would sometimes tarry awhile
with him in his house, being very free and familiar with him; an...
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If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we
cannot be satisfied.
Ver. 31. _If the men of my tabernacle said not_] _Contubernales, sive
domestici; _ those of my family and fa...
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_If the men of my tabernacle_ My domestics and familiar friends; _said
not, O that we had of his flesh!_ Heath and Schultens read the words,
_Who can show the man that hath not filled himself with his...
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If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh, that we had of his flesh! We
cannot be satisfied, literally, "If the people of my tent," that is,
his household associates and servants, "had not been obliged...
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JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...
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Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the
defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than
that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
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Family members and servants in his extended family always had plenty
to eat, and Job had opened his home up for travelers and strangers as
well. He had been very hospitable....
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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! Thr...
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THE MEN OF MY TABERNACLE, i.e. my domestics and familiar friends, who
were much conversant with me in my house, and were witnesses of my
carriage to others, and of their carriages to me, and therefore...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is
willing to know the worst of himse...
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Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin;
but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and
spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
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_I made a covenant with mine eyes._
GUARD THE SENSES
Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s
landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._)
METHODS OF MORAL...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:31 WHO IS THERE THAT HAS NOT BEEN FILLED WITH HIS
MEAT? Job’s household was always well fed. THE SOJOURNER HAS NOT
LODGED IN THE STREET. Lodging was of critical importance to protec...
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_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_
Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended
declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial
reference to his _private...
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EXPOSITION
The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He
winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of
wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31.
Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his
last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding,
actua...
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1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2
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If — My domesticks and familiar friends. His flesh — This is
farther confirmation of Job's charitable disposition to his enemy.
Although all who were daily conversant with him, and were witnesses of
h...