Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

New American Standard Bible

If I have looked at the sun when it shone
Or the moon going in splendor,

King James Version

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

Holman Bible

if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
or at the moon moving in splendor,

International Standard Version

if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor,

American Standard Version

If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

Amplified


If I beheld the sun [as an object of worship] when it shone
Or the moon going in its splendor,

Bible in Basic English

If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

Darby Translation

If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

Julia Smith Translation

If I shall see the light when it shall shine, and the moon going in splendor;

King James 2000

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in brightness;

Lexham Expanded Bible

if I looked at [the] sun when it shone or [at the] moon moving [in] splendor,

Modern King James verseion

if I looked to the light when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Did I ever greatly regard the rising of the sun? Or, had I the going down of the moon in great reputation?

NET Bible

if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

New Heart English Bible

if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

The Emphasized Bible

If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along;

Webster

If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

World English Bible

if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

Youngs Literal Translation

If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If I beheld
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the sun
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

or the moon
ירח 
Yareach 
Usage: 26

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

References

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; 26 if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness, 27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand

Cross References

Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me into the inner court of LORD's house. And, behold, at the door of the temple of LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of LORD, and their faces toward

Deuteronomy 4:19

And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples

Deuteronomy 17:3

and has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

2 Kings 23:5

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and

2 Kings 23:11

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs. And he burned the chariots of the sun with f

Jeremiah 44:17

But we will certainly perform every word that has gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our rulers, in the ci

Genesis 1:16-18

And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.

Deuteronomy 11:16

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them,

Psalm 8:3-4

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,

Jeremiah 8:2

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T

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