Job 31:25
and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures:
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
In Context
24If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;
26(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not power to continue:)
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17Lest you should say in your heart, My strength, and the power of my hand have wrought for me this great wealth.
Esther 5:11And he showed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom.
Proverbs 23:5If you should fix your eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.
Isaiah 39:2And Ezekias was glad of their coming, and he showed them the house of his spices, and of silver, and gold, and myrrh, and incense, and ointment, and all the houses of his treasures, and all that he had in his stores: and there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, which Ezekias did not show.
Ezekiel 28:5By your abundant knowledge and your traffic you have multiplied your power; your heart has been lifted up by your power.
Hosea 12:8And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to myself. None of his labors shall be found available to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed.
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 →