Chapter 31 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [6-34] Job’s final protestation of his innocence.
2 [8,9] Note the gradation: avoidance of sinful glances and thoughts against a maiden; desire for another’s wife.
3 [21] Gate: cf notes on ⇒ Job 5:4; ⇒ Ruth 4:1.
4 [26-28] Job never sinned by worshiping the sun or the moon; waft them a kiss: an act of idolatrous worship.
5 [31] The members of his household will testify to his hospitality.
6 [33,34] Job’s present protest is made, not in spite of hidden sins which he had been unwilling to disclose, but out of genuine innocence.
7 [36] On my shoulder: i.e., boldly, proudly.
8 [37] Like a prince: not as a frightened criminal. Final plea: literally, «tau,» the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet; in the current Hebrew text this line is in ⇒ Job 31:35, while the following one ends ⇒ Job 31:40.