Job 31:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃

Transliteration

If-śamtî zāhāḇ kislî and-to-kettem ʾāmartî miḇṭaḥî

Grammar Details

• *śamtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I put/placed
• *zāhāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - gold
• *kislî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my confidence
• *kettem*: noun, masculine singular - pure gold
• *ʾāmartî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said
• *miḇṭaḥî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my trust

Word Meanings

• *śamtî*: I put/I placed/I made
• *kislî*: my confidence/my hope/my security
• *kettem*: pure gold/refined gold
• *miḇṭaḥî*: my trust/my security/my confidence

Referenced Verses

• Ps 52:7 : 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon].
• Prov 10:15 : 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
• Prov 11:28 : 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
• Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.
• Mark 10:24-25 : 24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
• Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's {G846} life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
• 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which {G3713} some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on {G2198} God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• Gen 31:1 : 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
• Deut 8:12-14 : 12 lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13 and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 14 then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
• Ps 49:6-7 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
• Ps 49:17 : 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.