I was a father to the poor, and I investigated the case which I did not know.
Job 31:32 - The Scriptures 2009 The stranger did not have to spend the night in the street, for I have opened my doors to the way. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The stranger did not lodge in the street: But I opened my doors to the traveller. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The temporary resident has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my door to the wayfaring man– American Standard Version (1901) (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller); Common English Bible A stranger didn’t spend the night in the street; I opened my doors to the road. Catholic Public Domain Version for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller. |
I was a father to the poor, and I investigated the case which I did not know.
if the men of my tent did not say, ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
If I have covered my transgressions like Aḏam, by hiding my crookedness in my bosom,
“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, and cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?
for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
“And the Sovereign shall answer and say to them, ‘Truly, I say to you, in so far as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.’
imparting to the needs of the set-apart ones, pursuing kindness towards strangers.
well reported for good works, if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the feet of the set-apart ones, if she has assisted the afflicted, if she has closely followed every good work.
Do not forget to receive strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained messengers.
and they turned off there to go in to spend the night in Giḇ‛ah. So he went in, and he sat down in the open square of the city, for no one would take them into his house to spend the night.
And when he lifted up his eyes, he saw the traveller in the open square of the city. And the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”