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Job 31:29

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

KJV

Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum :

Vulgate

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην πτώματι ἐχθρῶν μου, καὶ εἶπεν ἡ καρδία μου Εὖγε·

LXX

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him

ASV

אִם אֶ֭שְׂמַח בְּ/פִ֣יד מְשַׂנְאִ֑/י וְ֝/הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי כִּֽי מְצָ֥א/וֹ רָֽע

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
ה
h
verb · 76×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
וֹ
v
noun · 3×
י
y
verb · 148×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 24:6 — And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
  • Job 20:18 — That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
  • Luke 6:27 — But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
  • Luke 9:55 — But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
  • Mic 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
  • Obad 1:12 — But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neit
  • Obad 1:12 — But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neit
  • Prov 17:5 — Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
  • Prov 17:5 — Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
  • Prov 24:17 — Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
  • Prov 24:17 — Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
  • Ps 35:13 — But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
  • Ps 35:25 — Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
  • Rom 12:14 — Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.