Job 31:27
And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
In Context
26If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along;
28That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:16Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be befooled,—and ye turn aside and serve other gods, and bow down to them.
1 Kings 19:18Yet will I leave remaining in Israel, seven thousand,—all knees which have not bowed to Baal, and all mouths which have not kissed to him.
Isaiah 44:20He is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside,—And he cannot deliver his own soul nor say, Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?
Hosea 13:2Now, therefore they go on to sin, and have made them a Molten Thing out of their silver, after the notion of idols, the workmanship of craftsmen, all of it! Of them, are they saying—Ye sacrificers of men! The Great Calf, shall ye surely kiss!
Romans 1:28And, even as they did not approve to be holding, God, in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a disapproved mind to be doing the things that are not becoming,
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 →