Job Chapter 31 verse 29 Holy Bible
If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
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If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;
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If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;
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If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
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If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted up myself when evil found him:
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"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
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If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me. "If at any time I was malevolent, if I wished evil to others, and rejoiced when evil came upon them, being (as the Greeks expressed it) ἐπιχαιρέκακος - if I so acted even in the case of my enemy - then," etc. The apodosis is wanting, but may be supplied by any suitable imprecation (see vers. 8, 10, 22, 40). Or lifted up myself - i.e. was puffed up and exalted - when evil found him. In the old world men generally regarded themselves as fully entitled to exult at the downfall of an enemy, and to triumph over him with words of contumely and scorn (camp. Judges 5:19-31; Psalm 18:37-42; Isaiah 10:8-1.4, etc.). There appears to be but one other passage in the Old Testament, besides the present, in which the contrary disposition is shown. This is Proverbs 17:5, where the writer declares that "he who is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) If I rejoiced at the destruction.--He now proceeds to the realm of the wishes and thoughts, and is, therefore, far more thorough and searching with his own case than his friends had been.