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Job 31:31 Cross-References
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“If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.”
Job 31:31 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 31:31
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied (אִם־לֹא אָמְרוּ מְתֵי אָהֳלִי מִי־יִתֵּן מִבְּשָׂרוֹ לֹא נִשְׂבָּע, im-lo amru metei oholi mi-yiten mibesaro lo nisba)—ohel (אֹהֶל, tabernacle) refers to Job's household or tent. The phrase mi-yiten (מִי־יִתֵּן) is an idiom meaning 'Oh that we had' or 'Who will give us?' Basar (בָּשָׂר, flesh) can mean meat or flesh, and saba (שָׂבַע) means to be satisfied or filled.This difficult verse likely means Job's household servants testified that his hospitality was so generous they couldn't eat all he provided—...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 31:31
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“Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;,If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:, אִם־יֹאמְרוּ לְכָה אִתָּנוּ נֶאֶרְבָה לְדָם נִצְפְּנָה לְנָקִי חִנָּם׃ ,If they say: Come with us”
“Shall Shimei not be put to death for this”
“James and John”
“this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you; but [my eye] spared you; and I said”
“Aha! That's the way we want it! Don't let them say”
“saying”
“and love the evil; who tear off their skin”
“And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.”
“Behold”
“and are not satisfied with my flesh?”