Commentary for Job 31:24
אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃
If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold: ‘Thou art my confidence’;
Rashi on Job
my hope Heb. כסלי, like (8:14), “whose confidence (כסלו) shall be cut off.” My hope and my thought, and because the kidneys are on the flanks (כסלים), and the kidneys advise, the thought is called כֶּסֶל.
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Malbim on Job
Job had kept faith with God.
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Rashi on Job
and to jewelry A gathering of gold and treasures.
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Rashi on Job
I said, ‘My confidence.’ therewith to strengthen myself over the poor.
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