Job 31:29

If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

Bible in Basic English

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

28That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

30(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:12And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

2 Samuel 16:5And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

Proverbs 24:17Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

Obadiah 1:13Do not go into the doors of my people on the day of their downfall; do not be looking on their trouble with pleasure on the day of their downfall, or put your hands on their goods on the day of their downfall.

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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