World English Bible

Job 31:24

“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;”

Verse in context — Job 31

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.

If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.