Catholic Public Domain Version
"If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’ "
— Job 31:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;”
“ If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou artmy confidence; ”
“"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'”
““If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘You are my security!’”
“If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:”
“If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;”
“If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;”
if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I have the advantage over him at the gate;
then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.
For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.
If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’
if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;
if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,
so that my heart rejoiced in secret and I kissed my hand with my mouth,