Job 31:24

If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust:

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

In Context

23For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish nothing.

25If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;

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Cross References

Genesis 31:1And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's, and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this wealth.

Psalms 49:6(49:7) Of those that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves of the multitude of their riches?

Psalms 52:7(52:9) “Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.”

Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his strong town: the terror of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 30:9Lest I become over-full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I become poor, and steal, and trespass against the name of my God.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24

Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →

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