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Job 31:24
24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
Job 31:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
- New International Version (NIV)“If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;
Context of Job 31:24
22[Then] let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone! 23For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless. If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence! 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; 26If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
Read all of Job 31Job 31:24 word by word
אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 31:24
- Genesis 31:1And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and of what was our father's he has acquired all this glory.
- Deuteronomy 8:12lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
- Psalms 49:6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. ...
- Psalms 52:7Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his avarice.
- Psalms 62:10Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
- Proverbs 10:15The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- Proverbs 11:28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.
- Proverbs 30:9lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
- Mark 10:24And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God!
- Luke 12:15And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.
- Colossians 3:5Put to death therefore your members which [are] upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.
- 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is [the] root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Commentaries on Job 31:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Gold my hope - For the meaning of זהב zahab, polished gold, and כתם kethem, stamped gold, see on Job 28:15-17; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24If I have made gold my hope - That is, if I have put my trust in gold rather than in God; if I have fixed my affections with idolatrous attachment on riches rather than on my Maker. Job here introduces another class of sins, and says that his conscience did not charge him with guilt in respect to them. He had before spoken mainly of social duties, and of his manner of life toward the poor, the needy, the widow, and the orphan. He here turns to the duty…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-32Verses 24-32 Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send judgments upon a nation. 3. He…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24If I have put my trust in gold: Job did not state the result of this vow because the "if-then" pattern was now obvious (31:5–23). He rejected the judgment Eliphaz implied (22:24–25; see Psalms 52:7; 62:10; 1 Timothy 6:10, 17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2524-25. Job asserts his freedom from trust in money (1Ti 6:17). Here he turns to his duty towards God, as before he had spoken of his duty towards himself and his neighbor. Covetousness is covert idolatry, as it transfers the heart from the Creator to the creature (Col 3:5). In Job 31:26, 27 he passes to overt idolatry.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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