Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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
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,
A Conservative Version
if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
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,
Themes
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By kissing the hand to them
Moon » Worshipping of » Condemned as atheism
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
Interlinear
Ra'ah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
25
if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,
26
Or the moon going in splendor,
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
Deuteronomy 4:19
And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Deuteronomy 17:3
and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden,
2 Kings 23:5
And he deposed the priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to make offerings in the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon and the constellations and all the host of the heavens.
2 Kings 23:11
And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts. And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
Jeremiah 44:17
But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.
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--and the stars.
Deuteronomy 11:16
Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them;
Psalm 8:3-4
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
Jeremiah 8:2
And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.