Job 31:29
If rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity found him;—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
28That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.
30Neither did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life:
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:12And they lamented aloud, and wept, and fasted until the evening,—for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 16:5And, when King David had come as far as Bahurim, lo! from thence a man coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, whose name, was Shimei son of Gera, coming out and cursing as he came.
Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their heart, Aha! to our mind! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up!
Proverbs 24:17When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:
Obadiah 1:13Do not enter into the gate of my people—in the day of their misfortune, Do not, thou also, look with satisfaction on his misery—in the day of his misfortune; neither do thou thrust [thy hands] on his substance—in the day of his misfortune;
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 →