Job 31:26
if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
In Context
25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples
Deuteronomy 17:3and has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
2 Kings 23:11And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs. And he burned the chariots of the sun with f
Jeremiah 8:2And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T
Ezekiel 8:16And he brought me into the inner court of LORD's house. And, behold, at the door of the temple of LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of LORD, and their faces toward
Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33
Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →