New English Translation
Job 31:24
24“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security!’
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
22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket. 23For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless. “If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security!’ 25if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained, 26if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,
Read all of Job 31Job 31:24 word by word
אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:24
- Genesis 31:1Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”
- Deuteronomy 8:12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalms 52:7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
- Psalms 62:10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!
- Proverbs 10:15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
- Proverbs 11:28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
- Proverbs 30:9lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.
- Mark 10:24The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
- Luke 12:15Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- Colossians 3:5So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
- 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.
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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