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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Job 31:24
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If I placed my confidence in goldor called fine gold my trust,
"If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,
"I have not put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security.'
"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security!'
"If I have put my trust and confidence in gold, Or have declared fine gold my hope and assurance,
"If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust,
"If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,
"If I have put my confidence in gold,And called fine gold my trust,
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
I have never trusted the power of wealth,
"If I made gold my hope, if I said to fine gold, ‘You are my security,'
If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
"I have never trusted in riches. I never said even to pure gold, ‘You are my hope.'
If I have made gold my trust, or said about the precious stones, You are my confidence; or have said about fine gold, You are my hope;
I have never trusted in riches
"If I have made gold my trust, or I have called fine gold my security,
If I have made gold my hope or have called fine gold my trust;
Haue I put my trust in golde? Or, haue I sayde to the fynest golde of all: thou art my cofidence?
If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence';
If I haue made golde my hope, or haue said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence:
Haue I put my trust in golde? or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde, thou art my confidence?
If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;
If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
If Y gesside gold my strengthe, and if Y seide to purid gold, Thou art my trist;
If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [You are] my confidence;
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
"If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, "You are my confidence';
"Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?
"If I have put my faith in gold and said fine gold is my trust,
"If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence;
If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
"If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence;
If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,'
"Did I set my heart on making big money or worship at the bank? Did I boast about my wealth, show off because I was well-off? Was I ever so awed by the sun's brilliance and moved by the moon's beauty That I let myself become seduced by them and worshiped them on the sly? If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments, for I would be betraying God himself.
"If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 31:1, Deuteronomy 8:12-14, Psalms 49:6, Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:17, Psalms 52:7, Psalms 62:10, Proverbs 10:15, Proverbs 11:28, Proverbs 30:9, Mark 10:24, Luke 12:15, Colossians 3:5, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:17
Reciprocal: Esther 5:11 - the glory Psalms 10:3 - and blesseth Proverbs 18:11 - General Jeremiah 9:23 - rich Ezekiel 28:5 - and thine Hosea 12:8 - Yet Matthew 6:19 - General Matthew 19:23 - That Luke 12:19 - Soul Luke 18:23 - he was very sorrowful Galatians 6:14 - that I
Cross-References
Then answered Laban and Bethuel and said, from Yahweh, hath come forth the word, - we cannot speak unto thee ill or well.
So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he took his journey to Padan-aram, - unto Laban son of Bethuel, the Syrian, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
And it came to pass in the season when the flock were in heat, then lifted I mine eyes and beheld in a dream, - and lo! the he-goats that were leaping upon the flock, were ring-straked speckled and dappled.
Then responded Rachel and Leah, and said to him, - Have we any longer a portion or an inheritance in the house of our father?
Are we not accounted, aliens, to him seeing that having sold us, he hath then gone on devouring, our silver?
So Jacob arose, - and mounted his sons and his wives on the camels;
It is in the power of my hand, to deal with thee for harm, - but the God of your father, last night, spake unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not with Jacob, either good or bad.
But that the God of my father - The God of Abraham, and the Dread of Isaac - Proved to he mine, Surely even now, empty, hadst thou let me go? My humiliation and the wearying toil of my hands, God had seen, And therefore gave sentence last night!
And they dreamed a dream they two, each man, his dream in one night, each man, according to the interpretation of his dream, - the butler and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the prison.
And it came to pass at the end of two years of days, that, Pharaoh, was dreaming, when lo! he was standing by the river (Nile);
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If I have made gold my hope,.... Job here purges himself from idolatry in a figurative sense, as he afterwards does from it, taken in a literal sense; for covetousness is idolatry, and a covetous man is an idolater; he worships his gold and silver, placing his affections on them, and putting his trust and confidence in them, Ephesians 5:5; for to make gold the object or ground of hope is to place it in the room of God, who is the Hope of Israel, and in whom every good man should trust, and whom he should make his hope, Jeremiah 14:8; not gold on earth, but glory in heaven, is what the good man is hoping for; and not riches, but Christ and his righteousness, are the foundation of such an hope; to make gold our hope, is to have hope in this life, and to make a thing present the object of it; whereas true hope is of things not seen and future, and if only in this life good men have hope, they are of all most miserable; but they have in heavens better and a more enduring substance, and a better ground for hope of that substance, than worldly wealth and riches can give:
or have said to the fine gold, [thou art] my confidence; as bad men do, and good men are prone unto, and therefore to be cautioned against it,
Psalms 49:6; for this is not only to trust in uncertain riches, and in unsatisfying ones, but to put them in the stead of God, who is or ought to be the confidence of the ends of the earth: not gold, but the living God, who gives all things richly to enjoy, is to be trusted in; when men covet riches, and trust in them as their security from evil, and that they may live independent of the providence of God, it is virtually to deny it, and carries in it secret atheism; as well as such a confidence is destruction of the worship of God, and such a temper makes a man an unprofitable hearer, plunges him into errors and hurtful lusts, and endangers his everlasting happiness, Habakkuk 2:9; in later times the Romans worshipped the goddess "Pecunia", or money, as Austin z relates.
z De Civitate Dei, l. 4. c. 21.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If 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 which he owed to God, and says that his conscience did not charge him with idolatry in any form. He had indeed been rich, but he had not fixed his affections with idolatrous attachment on his wealth.
Or have said to fine gold - The word used here (××ª× kethem) is the same which is employed in Job 28:16, to denote the gold of Ophir. It is used to express that which was most pure - from the verb ××ª× kaÌtham - to hide, to hoard, and then denoting that which was hidden, hoarded, precious. The meaning is, that he had not put his trust in that which was most sought after, and which was deemed of the highest value by people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 31:24. Gold my hope — For the meaning of ××× zahab, polished gold, and ××ª× kethem, stamped gold, see on Job 28:15-17.
