Job 31:25

Brenton's Septuagint

and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
if I have rejoiced because my wealth is greator because my own hand has acquired so much,

Hebrew Names Version
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

King James Version
If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

English Standard Version
if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,

New Century Version
I have not celebrated my great wealth or the riches my hands had gained.

New English Translation
if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

Amplified Bible
If I gloated and rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my [powerful] hand [alone] had obtained so much,

New American Standard Bible
If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had obtained so much;

World English Bible
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

Geneva Bible (1587)
If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,

Legacy Standard Bible
If I have been glad because my wealth was great,And because my hand had found so much,

Berean Standard Bible
if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

Contemporary English Version
or taken pride in owning many possessions.

Complete Jewish Bible
if I took joy in my great wealth, in my having acquired so much;

Darby Translation
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

Easy-to-Read Version
I have been wealthy, but that didn't make me proud. I earned a lot of money, but that is not what made me happy.

George Lamsa Translation
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

Good News Translation
or taken pride in my wealth.

Lexham English Bible
if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great or because my hand found a fortune,

Literal Translation
if I rejoiced because my wealth was great; or because my hand had gotten much;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Haue I reioysed because my substaunce was greate, and because my honde gat so moch?

American Standard Version
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

Bible in Basic English
If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

King James Version (1611)
If I reioyced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much?

English Revised Version
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
if Y was glad on my many ritchessis, and for myn hond foond ful many thingis;

Update Bible Version
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;

New King James Version
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much;

New Living Translation
Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own?

New Life Bible
if I have had pride because of my many riches and have received much by my hand,

New Revised Standard
if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If I rejoiced because great was my substance, and, an abundance, my hand had discovered;

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.

Revised Standard Version
if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or 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,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much;

Contextual Overview

²⁴ If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone; ²⁵ and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures: ²⁶ (do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not power to continue:) ²⁷ and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it: ²⁸ let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I should have lied against the Lord Most High. ²⁹ And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha! ³⁰ let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction. ³¹ And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind: ³² for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came:)

Bible Verse Review
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rejoiced: Esther 5:11, Proverbs 23:5, Jeremiah 9:23, Ezekiel 28:5, Luke 12:19, Luke 16:19, Luke 16:25

because: Deuteronomy 8:17, Deuteronomy 8:18, Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:14, Daniel 4:30, Hosea 12:8, Habakkuk 1:16

gotten much: Heb. found much.

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:1 - glory Ruth 2:1 - a mighty Job 20:18 - and he shall Psalms 49:6 - trust Psalms 52:7 - trusted Psalms 62:10 - riches Proverbs 10:15 - rich Proverbs 11:28 - that Proverbs 18:11 - General Isaiah 39:2 - was glad Amos 6:13 - which Matthew 19:23 - That Mark 10:24 - trust Luke 12:15 - Take Luke 18:23 - he was very sorrowful Galatians 6:14 - that I 1 Timothy 6:17 - trust

Cross-References

Genesis 12:8
And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 33:18
And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great,.... As it was, see Job 1:2; yet he did not set his heart upon it, please himself with it, indulge to a carnal joy on account of it, nor suffer it to engross his affections, or alienate them from God his chief joy; not but that a man may lawfully rejoice in the goodness of God unto him, in increasing his wealth, and praise him for it, who has placed him in such easy circumstances, and so comfortably provided for him and his family, and put him into a capacity to do good to others; and he may rejoice in what God has given him, and cheerfully partake of it,

1 Chronicles 29:13;

and because my hand had gotten much; though he had much wealth, he did not ascribe it to his own industry, and applaud his own wisdom and diligence, as men are apt to do, for all comes of God, and is owing to his blessing; he did not please himself when become rich, as if his own hand had found him much substance, as Ephraim did, Hosea 12:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great - That is, if I have rejoiced as if I might now confide in it, or put my trust in it. He had not found his principal joy in his property, nor had he attempted to find in that the happiness which he ought to seek in God.

And because mine hand had gotten much - Margin, found. Prof. Lee translates this, “When as a mighty man my hand prevailed.” But the usual interpretation is given in our translation, and this accords better with the connection. The word found better expresses the sense of the Hebrew than gotten, but the sense is not materially varied.