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(The sojourner has not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveler);
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Hospitality: A Crowning Virtue
Commentators explain that in Job's culture, hospitality was a central and defining virtue, not just a minor kindness. Scholars describe hosts setting up tents in the middle of public paths or competing to be the first to welcome a stranger. Job's claim shows he excelled in this core societal and moral expectation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The stranger did not lodge in the street - This is designed to illustrate the sentiment in the previous verse and to express his co…
19th Century
Anglican
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 h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The stranger did not lodge in the street By a stranger is not meant an unconverted man, that is a stranger to God and god…
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Job protests:
That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous believers can appeal to the Lord, that …
13th Century
Catholic
After Job defended himself against charges of injustice (Job 31:5) and lack of mercy (Job 31:16), he now declares himself i…
