Job 31:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. If the men of my tabernacle said - I believe the Targum gives the best sense here: - "If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Who hath commanded that we should not be satisfied with his flesh?" My domestics have had all kindness shown them; they have lived like my own children, and have been served with the same viands as my family. They have never seen flesh come to my table, when they have been obliged to live on pulse. Mr. Good's translation is nearly to the same sense: -

"If the men of my tabernacle do not exclaim,

Who hath longed for his meat without fullness?"

"Where is the man that has not been satisfied with his flesh?" i.e., fed to the full with the provisions from his table. See Proverbs 23:20; Isaiah 23:13, and Daniel 10:3.

Job 31:31

31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.