Job 31:25
If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, || And because my hand has found abundance,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
In Context
24If I have made gold my confidence, || And to the pure gold have said, My trust;
26If I see the light when it shines, || And the precious moon walking,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17and you have said in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have made this wealth for me.
Esther 5:11and Haman recounts to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.
Proverbs 23:5For wealth makes wings to itself, || It flies to the heavens as an eagle.
Isaiah 39:2And Hezekiah rejoices over them, and shows them the house of his spices, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the good ointment, and all the house of his vessels, and all that has been found in his treasures; there has not been a thing in his house, and in all his dominion, that Hezekiah has not showed them.
Ezekiel 28:5By the abundance of your wisdom, || Through your merchandise, || You have multiplied your wealth, || And your heart is high through your wealth.
Hosea 12:8And Ephraim says, || Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, || All my labors—they do not find against me iniquity that [is] sin.
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 →