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Job 31:24-25 KJV
Job · chapter 31 · verses 24–25
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;Job 31:24-25 · King James Version
Job 31:24-25 in context
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rejoicedsâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- wealthchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- gottenmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
- greatrababundantH7227 →
- madesûwmto putH7760 →
- goldzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- hopekeçelproperly, fatnessH3689 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Four articles more of Job's protestation we have in these verses, which, as all the rest, not only assure us what he was and did, but teach us what we should be and do: - I. He protests that he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world, nor took the things of it for his portions and happiness. He had gold;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-32