Job 31:24 “If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,”

Job 31:24

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,

Darby Translation

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

Young's Literal Translation

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

Bible in Basic English

If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

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Cross references

“If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;”

Deuteronomy 8:12–14 Psalm 52:7 Proverbs 11:28 Psalm 49:17 Psalm 62:10 Proverbs 10:15

Deuteronomy 8:12–14 · BSB

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

Psalm 52:7 · BSB

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Proverbs 11:28 · BSB

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

Psalm 49:17 · BSB

For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

Psalm 62:10 · BSB

Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Proverbs 10:15 · BSB

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

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