Job 31:27
And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
In Context
26If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
28This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the God who is above.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:16Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and serve other gods, and bow down to them,
1 Kings 19:18Yet I have left [myself] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.
Isaiah 44:20He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Hosea 13:2And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Romans 1:28And according as they did not think good to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things;
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 →