Job 31:31
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 31:31 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 31:31 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 31:31 — KJV
“If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.”
— Job 31:31 (KJV)
Job 31:31 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 31:31
“And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:31: men, flesh
“And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:31: men, cannot
“And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:31: men, cannot
“And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:31: men, flesh
“According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:31: men, tabernacle
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