Job 31:27
And if my heart was secretly deceived, 1 And if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it: 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:16take heed to thyself that thy heart be not puffed up, and ye transgress, and serve other gods, and worship them:
1 Kings 19:18And thou shalt leave in Israel seven thousand men, all the knees which had not bowed themselves to Baal, and every mouth which had not worshiped him.
Isaiah 44:20Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, There is a lie in my right hand.
Hosea 13:2And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves have come to an end.
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 →