Job 31:29
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If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.

2 Samuel 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword.

2 Samuel 4:10,11 The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news. . . .

2 Samuel 16:5-8 And king David came as far as Bahurim: and behold there came out from thence a man of the kindred of the house of Saul named Semei, the son of Gera, and coming out he cursed as he went on, . . .

Psalm 35:13,14,25,26 But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom. . . .

Proverbs 17:5 He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his maker: and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 24:17,18 When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice: . . .

Context
Job's Final Appeal
28Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God. 29If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.30For I have not been given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:32
And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner: and all the people also wept.

Proverbs 17:5
He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his maker: and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 24:17
When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:

Obadiah 1:12
In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them.

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I have rejoiced
אֶ֭שְׂמַח (’eś·maḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome

at my enemy’s
מְשַׂנְאִ֑י (mə·śan·’î)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8130: To hate

ruin,
בְּפִ֣יד (bə·p̄îḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6365: Ruin, disaster

or exulted
וְ֝הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי (wə·hiṯ·‘ō·rar·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5782: To rouse oneself, awake

when
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

evil
רָֽע׃ (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

befell him—
מְצָ֥אוֹ (mə·ṣā·’ōw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present


Additional Translations
If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

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

And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

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

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

"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;

If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
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