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Job 31:29

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

If I rejoiced {H8055} at the destruction {H6365} of him that hated {H8130} me, or lifted up {H5782} myself when evil {H7451} found {H4672} him:

"Did I rejoice at the destruction of him who hated me? Was I filled with glee when disaster overtook him?

If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

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

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 24:17 (8 votes)

    ¶ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

  • Proverbs 24:18 (8 votes)

    Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Proverbs 17:5 (7 votes)

    ¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  • Psalms 35:13 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Psalms 35:14 (4 votes)

    I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

  • Psalms 35:25 (4 votes)

    Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Psalms 35:26 (4 votes)

    Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.