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Job 31:29

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
אֶ֭שְׂמַח'Es.machI rejoicedH8055 →
בְּפִ֣ידbe.Fidin [the] disaster ofH6365 →
מְשַׂנְאִ֑יme.san.'I[one who] hated meH8130 →
וְ֝הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּיve.hit.'o.Rar.tiand I excited myselfH5782 →
כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588 →
מְצָ֥אוֹme.Tza.'ovit had found himH4672 →
רָֽע׃Ra'calamityH7451 →

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Proverbs 24:17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,Proverbs 24:17–18Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.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.Psalms 35:13–14Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.Psalms 35:25–26Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.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 4:10–11when 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 16:5–8As 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 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.Genesis 44:34For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”Amos 6:13you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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