Job 31:27
25 if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
26 if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28 this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
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Compare
- BSB
- so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
- KJV
- And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
- WEB
- and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;
- ASV
- And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
- DARBY
- And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:
- BLB
- so that my heart has been enticed in secret, and my hand has kissed my mouth,
- ÅB
- ble da mitt hjerte dåret i lønndom, så jeg sendte dem håndkyss[^3]?
- OTB
- Og mitt hjerte ble hemmelig dratt,
Og min hånd tilbød et kyss fra min munn, - B1930
- blev da mitt hjerte dåret i lønndom, så jeg sendte dem håndkyss? / < så jeg gjorde mig skyldig i avgudsdyrkelse.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 13:6
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:16
But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
Read in contextPsalms 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Read in context1 Kings 19:18
Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
Read in contextHosea 13:2
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
Read in contextRomans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Read in contextRomans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
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