Job 31:29
If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,
Geneva Bible 1599
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
28(This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)
30Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:12And they mourned and wept, and fasted vntil euen, for Saul and for Ionathan his sonne, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were slaine with the sword.
2 Samuel 16:5And when king Dauid came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the familie of the house of Saul, named Shimei the sonne of Gera: and he came out, and cursed.
Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him.
Proverbs 24:17Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
Obadiah 1:13Thou shouldest not haue entred into the gate of my people, in the day of their destruction, neither shouldest thou haue once looked on their affliction in the day of their destruction, nor haue layde hands on their substance in the day of their destruction.
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 →