Job 31:29

if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

In Context

28(this also is an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God that is above);

30(yea, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword.

2 Samuel 16:5And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, cursing as he came.

Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Proverbs 24:17Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,

Obadiah 1:13Enter not into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Yea, look not thou on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor lay ye [hands] on their substance in the day of their calamity.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33

Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →

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