Catholic Public Domain Version
"for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler; "
— Job 31:32, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.”
“(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller); ”
“(the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);”
“But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler–”
“The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.”
“The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;”
“The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.”
if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him,
for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul;
if the men around my tabernacle have not said: “He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,”
for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler;
if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom;
if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door;
then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,