Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And my heart became secretly enticed,
And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

King James Version

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

Holman Bible

so that my heart was secretly enticed
and I threw them a kiss,

International Standard Version

so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands,

A Conservative Version

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand

American Standard Version

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

Amplified


And my heart became secretly enticed [by them],
And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth [in respect to them],

Bible in Basic English

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

Darby Translation

And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

Julia Smith Translation

And my heart will be seduced in secret, and my hand shall kiss to my mouth:

King James 2000

And my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

Lexham Expanded Bible

and {I was secretly enticed}, and {my hand threw them a kiss},

Modern King James verseion

and my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hath my heart meddled privily with any deceit? Or, did I ever kiss mine own hand?

NET Bible

so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

New Heart English Bible

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

The Emphasized Bible

And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,

Webster

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

World English Bible

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

Youngs Literal Translation

And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּתה 
Pathah 
Usage: 28

or my mouth
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

נשׁק 
Nashaq 
Usage: 35

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

26 If I have looked at the sun when it shone
Or the moon going in splendor,
27 And my heart became secretly enticed,
And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28 That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment,
For I would have denied God above.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:16

Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them.

Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

1 Kings 19:18

Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

Psalm 2:12

Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves molten images,
Idols skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

Romans 1:21

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Romans 1:28

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

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