Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained, New Living Translation Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own? English Standard Version if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much, Berean Standard Bible if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, King James Bible If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; New King James Version If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much; New American Standard Bible If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had obtained so much; NASB 1995 If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much; NASB 1977 If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much; Legacy Standard Bible If I have been glad because my wealth was great, And because my hand had found so much, Amplified Bible If I gloated and rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my [powerful] hand [alone] had obtained so much, Christian Standard Bible if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much, Holman Christian Standard Bible if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much, American Standard Version If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if I was rejoicing when my property increased and when my hands found much Brenton Septuagint Translation and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures: Contemporary English Version or taken pride in owning many possessions. * Douay-Rheims Bible If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much. English Revised Version If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; GOD'S WORD® Translation If I enjoyed being very rich because my hand had found great [wealth].... Good News Translation or taken pride in my wealth. International Standard Version if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands, JPS Tanakh 1917 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much; Literal Standard Version If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, | And because my hand has found abundance, Majority Standard Bible if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, New American Bible Or had I rejoiced that my wealth was great, or that my hand had acquired abundance— NET Bible if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained, New Revised Standard Version if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much; New Heart English Bible If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; Webster's Bible Translation If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gained much; World English Bible If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; Young's Literal Translation If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found, Additional Translations ... Context Job's Final Appeal…24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, 25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, 26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,… Cross References Job 1:3 and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East. Job 1:10 Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. Job 22:24 and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines, Psalm 62:10 Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. Isaiah 39:2 And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house--the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory--all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. Jeremiah 9:23 This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches. Ezekiel 28:5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it. Treasury of Scripture If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; rejoiced Esther 5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Jeremiah 9:23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: because Deuteronomy 8:17,18 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth… Isaiah 10:13,14 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: … Daniel 4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? gotten much. Jump to Previous Abundance Fortune Found Gained Glad Gloated Gotten Great Hand Hands Rejoice Rejoiced Secured Store Together WealthJump to Next Abundance Fortune Found Gained Glad Gloated Gotten Great Hand Hands Rejoice Rejoiced Secured Store Together WealthJob 31 1. Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several dutiesVerse 25. - If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much. Job feels that it is wrong even to care greatly for wealth. He seems almost to anticipate the saying of St. Paul, that "covetousness is idolatry" (Colossians 3:5); and hence he passes on without pause from this sort of creature-worship to others common in his day (vers. 26, 27). which he likewise disclaims. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I have rejoiced אֶ֭שְׂמַח (’eś·maḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome in כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction my great רַ֣ב (raḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great wealth חֵילִ֑י (ḥê·lî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength because וְכִֽי־ (wə·ḵî-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction my hand יָדִֽי׃ (yā·ḏî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3027: A hand had gained מָצְאָ֥ה (mā·ṣə·’āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present so much, כַ֝בִּ֗יר (ḵab·bîr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 3524: Great, mighty, much Links Job 31:25 NIVJob 31:25 NLT Job 31:25 ESV Job 31:25 NASB Job 31:25 KJV Job 31:25 BibleApps.com Job 31:25 Biblia Paralela Job 31:25 Chinese Bible Job 31:25 French Bible Job 31:25 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 31:25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth (Jb) |