Job 31:27
And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
In Context
26If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,
28It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:16'Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be enticed, and ye have turned aside, and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,
1 Kings 19:18and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.'
Isaiah 44:20Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: 'Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
Hosea 13:2And now do they add to sin, And make to them a molten image of their silver, By their own understanding — idols, A work of artisans — all of it, Of them they say, who [are] sacrificers among men, 'The calves let them kiss.'
Romans 1:28And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
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 →