Job 31:27
If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
In Context
26If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,
28(This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:16But beware lest your heart deceiue you, and lest yee turne aside, and serue other gods, and worship them,
1 Kings 19:18Yet wil I leaue seuen thousand in Israel, euen all the knees that haue not bowed vnto Baal, and euery mouth that hath not kissed him.
Isaiah 44:20He feedeth of ashes: a seduced heart hath deceiued him, that he cannot deliuer his soule, nor say, Is there not a lye in my right hand?
Hosea 13:2And nowe they sinne more and more, and haue made them molten images of their siluer, and idoles according to their owne vnderstanding: they were all the woorke of the craftesmen: they say one to another whiles they sacrifice a man, Let them kisse the calues.
Romans 1:28For as they regarded not to acknowledge God, euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a reprobate minde, to doe those things which are not conuenient,
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 →