Job 31:25
and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
In Context
24If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;
26(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not power to continue:)
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth.
Proverbs 23:5If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.
Isaiah 39:2And Ezekias was glad of their coming, and he shewed them the house of his spices, and of silver, and gold, and myrrh, and incense, and ointment, and all the houses of his treasures, and all that he had in his stores: and there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, which Ezekias did not shew.
Ezekiel 28:5By thy abundant knowledge and thy traffic thou hast multiplied thy power; thy heart has been lifted up by thy power.
Hosea 12:8As for Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannise.
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 →