Job 31:29
If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, || And stirred up myself when evil found him,
Literal Standard Version
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
28It also [is] a judicial iniquity, || For I had lied to God above.
30Indeed, I have not permitted my mouth to sin, || To ask with an oath his life.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:12and they mourn, and weep, and fast until the evening, for Saul, and for his son Jonathan, and for the people of YHWH, and for the house of Israel, because they have fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 16:5And King David has come to Bahurim, and behold, a man there is coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, and his name [is] Shimei, son of Gera, he comes out, coming out and reviling;
Psalms 35:25They do not say in their heart, “Aha, our desire.” They do not say, “We swallowed him up.”
Proverbs 24:17Do not rejoice in the falling of your enemy, || And do not let your heart be joyful in his stumbling,
Obadiah 1:13Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, || Nor look, even you, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, || Nor send forth against its force in a day of its 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 →