Job 31:27
and been tempted to secretly worship them by kissing my hand to them in devotion?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
In Context
26Have I looked at the sun shining so brilliantly or the moon moving in majesty across the sky
28This too would be a sin deserving punishment for it would mean I had denied God above.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:16But make sure that you're not fooled into worshiping and bowing down to other gods,
1 Kings 19:18I still have seven thousand left in Israel, all those who have not bowed their knees to worship Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
Isaiah 44:20He is feeding on ashes, seduced by the deceptive thinking of his mind. He can't save himself, and he doesn't even ask, “Isn't this idol I'm holding just a lie?”
Hosea 13:2Now they constantly sin, making for themselves idols from molten metal. All of these idols are skillfully made from silver by their craftsmen. “Offer sacrifices to these idols,” say the people. “Kiss the bull calf idols.”
Romans 1:28Since they didn't consider it worthwhile to get to know God, he abandoned them to their worthless, distrustful way of thinking, doing things that should never be done.
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 →