Job 31:25

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

Update Bible Version
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten 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,

Webster's Bible Translation
If I have rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because my hand had gained much;

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

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

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

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

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.

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;

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.

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:

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;

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

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.

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;

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

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures:

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;

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;

Young's Literal Translation
If I rejoice because great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

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

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

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

²⁴ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; ²⁵ If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; ²⁶ If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; ²⁷ And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: ²⁸ This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. ²⁹ If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: ³⁰ Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. ³¹ If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. ³² The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

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 removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord , and called upon the name of the Lord .

Genesis 33:18
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Hebrews 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

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.