Job’s Final Appeal
Job 31:25
In 11 translations
- BSB
- if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
- KJV
- If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;gotten…: Heb. found much
- WEB
- If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
- ASV
- If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
- LSV
- If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, || And because my hand has found abundance,
- YLT
- If I rejoice because great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
- DBY
- If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
- DRC
- If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
- GNV
- If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,
- JPS
- If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
- LXXE
- and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures:
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח כִּי־רַ֣ב חֵילִ֑י וְכִֽי־כַ֝בִּ֗יר מָצְאָ֥ה יָדִֽי׃
- LXX-Br
- εἰ δὲ καὶ εὐφράνθην πολλοῦ πλούτου μου γενομένου, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπʼ ἀναριθμήτοις ἐθέμην χεῖρά μου·
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
- Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- Ezekiel 28:5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Deuteronomy 8:17–18You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.” But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He…
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Isaiah 10:13–14For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers. My hand…
- Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
- Esther 5:11Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
- Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
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