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Job 31:29
29I do not laugh at my enemies when they suffer. If my enemy has troubles, it does not make me happy.
Job 31:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
- New International Version (NIV)“If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him—
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him
Context of Job 31:29
27But I have never wanted to worship them or to give them honour. 28If I had done that, I would not have been faithful to God in heaven. I would have deserved punishment for that sin. I do not laugh at my enemies when they suffer. If my enemy has troubles, it does not make me happy. 30I have not cursed my enemies, to ask God to kill them. That would have caused a sin to come from my mouth! 31None of the people who work in my house have ever said, “Job has not welcomed strangers into his house. He has not shared his food with them.”
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אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח בְּפִ֣יד מְשַׂנְאִ֑י וְ֝הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי כִּֽי־מְצָ֥אוֹ רָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:29
- 2 Samuel 1:12They cried and they wept until the evening. They did not eat any food. They were very upset about Saul and Jonathan, and all the Lord's people. They were sad because so many Israelites had died in the battle.
- 2 Samuel 4:10When someone told me in Ziklag, “Saul is dead”, he thought that he was bringing good news to me. But I took hold of him and I told my men to kill him. That was how I paid him for his good news!
- 2 Samuel 16:5King David and his people arrived near Bahurim town. Gera's son Shimei came out to meet David. He was a relative of Saul. Shimei cursed David in a loud voice as he came towards him.
- Psalms 35:13When they were ill, I wore rough clothes, and I stopped eating food. I bent down my head as I prayed for them.
- Proverbs 17:5If you laugh at poor people, you are insulting God, who made them. If you are happy when trouble happens to other people, you will receive the punishment that you deserve.
- Proverbs 24:1728. Do not shout with joy when your enemy falls down. Do not be happy when his foot slips.
Commentaries on Job 31:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29If I rejoiced - I did not avenge myself on my enemy; and I neither bore malice nor hatred to him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me - Job here introduces another class of offences, of which he says he was innocent. The subject referred to is the proper treatment of those who injure us. In respect to this, he says that he was entirely conscious of freedom from exultation when calamity came upon a foe, and that he had never even wished him evil in his heart. The word “destruction” here, means calamity, disappointment, or affliction…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. 29-30I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin: See Proverbs 24:17–18; compare 2 Samuel 16:5–8. Speaking evil against (a curse) anyone went against the spirit of the sixth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:17; see Matthew 5:21–22). It was against God's will to seek revenge (Matthew 5:43–44; Romans 12:14; James 3:6–10; 1 Peter 3:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. lifted up myself--in malicious triumph (Pr 17:5; 24:17; Psa 7:4).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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