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31 The servants of my house have always said,
    ‘All have eaten what they want of Job’s food.’
32 No stranger ever had to ·spend the night [lodge] in the street,
    because I ·always let travelers stay in my home [L opened the door to the traveler; C hospitality was highly valued in the ancient Near East].

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31 Have the people of my tent not said,
‘Who can [a]find one who has not been (A)satisfied with his meat’?
32 The stranger has not spent the night outside,
For I have opened my doors to the [b]traveler.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:31 Lit give
  2. Job 31:32 MT way

31 if those of my household have never said,
    ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’(A)
32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler(B)

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