Job 31:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—”
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“If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:”
King James Version · Public Domain“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 31:29 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 1:12They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- 2 Samuel 4:10when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
- 2 Samuel 16:5As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
- Psalms 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
- Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 24:17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
- Obadiah 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
- Obadiah 1:13You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.
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