Job 31:29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or exulted when evil found him —
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
30Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:12And they wailed, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the 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 thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and kept on cursing as he came.
Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.'
Proverbs 24:17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
Obadiah 1:13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of My people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have gazed on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid 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 →