| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Job 31:25 | King James | If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great - That is, if I have rejoiced as if I might now confide in it, or put my trust in it. He had not found his principal joy in his property, nor had he attempted to find in that the happiness which he ought to seek in God. And because mine hand had gotten much - Margin, found. Prof. Lee translates this, "When as a mighty man my hand prevailed." But the usual interpretation is given in our translation, and this accords better with the connection. The word found better expresses the sense of the Hebrew than gotten, but the sense is not materially varied. |