If the men of my tent have not, Oh that we had of his meat! we cannot be satisfied.
All Commentaries on Job 31:31 Go To Job 31
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Filled. If my servants have not testified sufficient affection for me, (Haydock) because I kept them under restraint, and obliged them to wait on my guests, (Menochius; St. Gregory) I still would not omit that duty; (ver. 32.; Haydock) or if they gave way to the greatest excesses of rage, so as to threaten to devour me, I refrained from wishing any evil to my enemy, ver. 30. (Calmet)
Others suppose that Job's domestics urged him on to revenge, and spoke as if they were ready to eat his enemies; (Cajetan; Tirinus) while some explain the expression in a contrary sense, to denote the extreme attachment of Job's servants to his person; in which manner the Church uses it, speaking of Christ's feeding us with his own body and blood. (Calmet)
Septuagint, "If frequently my maids said who? "Hebrew, "said not, oh! that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. "(Protestants) (Haydock)
Have I given my servants any reason to utter these expressions?
