Job 31:24

In 11 translations

BSB

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

KJV

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

WEB

“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

ASV

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

LSV

If I have made gold my confidence, || And to the pure gold have said, My trust;

YLT

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

DBY

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

DRC

If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:

GNV

If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,

JPS

If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence';

LXXE

If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;

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Original-language editions

WLC

אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Εἰ ἔταξα χρυσίον εἰς χοῦν μου, εἰ δὲ καὶ λίθῳ πολυτελεῖ ἐπεποίθησα,

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• Psalms 49:6–7They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
• Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
• Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
• Deuteronomy 8:12–14Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied, then your heart…
• Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
• Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
• Psalms 49:17For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
• Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
• 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
• Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
• 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Mark 10:24–25And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter…
• Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
• Genesis 31:1Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”

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