OLD TESTAMENT

Job 31:29

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

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Verse 29. Rejoiced. Hebrew “lifted up myself.” Septuagint “said in my heart, well, well;” euge. Bible.—These sentiments of perfection shew that the same Spirit animated those who lived under the law of nature, as well as those who were favoured with the Mosaic or Christian dispensation. Calmet.

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