Job 31:24

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

"If I made gold my hope, if I said to fine gold, 'You are my security,'

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

If I have made{H7760} gold{H2091} my hope{H3689}, or have said{H559} to the fine gold{H3800}, Thou art my confidence{H4009};

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 52:7

  • Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Psalms 49:6

  • ¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Psalms 49:7

  • None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Proverbs 11:28

  • ¶ He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Deuteronomy 8:12

  • Lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein];

Deuteronomy 8:14

  • Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Proverbs 10:15

  • ¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

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Commentary for Job 31:24

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  2. Strong's Number: H2091
    There are 336 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: זָהָב
    Transliteration: zâhâb
    Pronunciation: zaw-hawb'
    Description: from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
  3. Strong's Number: H3689
    There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כֶּסֶל
    Transliteration: keçel
    Pronunciation: keh'-sel
    Description: from כָּסַל; properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust; confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.
  4. Strong's Number: H559
    There are 4434 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָמַר
    Transliteration: ʼâmar
    Pronunciation: aw-mar'
    Description: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  5. Strong's Number: H3800
    There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כֶּתֶם
    Transliteration: kethem
    Pronunciation: keh'-them
    Description: from כָּתַם; properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined); ((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).
  6. Strong's Number: H4009
    There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִבְטָח
    Transliteration: mibṭâch
    Pronunciation: mib-tawkh'
    Description: from בָּטַח; properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance; confidence, hope, sure, trust.