Job 31:29
And if too I was glad at the fall of my enemies, and my heart said, Aha!
LXX2012 (US English)
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
30let then my ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:12And they lamented, and wept, and fasted till evening, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Juda, and for the house of Israel, because they were struck with the sword.
2 Samuel 16:5And king David came to Baurim; and, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, and his name was Semei the son of Gera. He came forth and cursed as he went,
Proverbs 24:17If your enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow.
Obadiah 1:13Neither should you have gone into the gates of the people in the day of their troubles; nor yet should you have looked upon their gathering in the day of their destruction, nor should you have attacked their host in the day of their perishing.
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 →