Parallel Verses

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,

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,

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, or because my hand had gotten much; 26 If I have looked at the sun when it shone
Or the moon going in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,

Cross References

Ezekiel 8:16

So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.

Deuteronomy 4:19

Do not be tempted to bow down and worship the sun or moon or stars (the host or army of the heavens). Jehovah put them there a heritage for all the people under the heavens.

Deuteronomy 17:3

Some worship and bow down to other gods, the sun, the moon, or the whole army of heaven. I have forbidden this.

2 Kings 23:5

He got rid of the pagan priests. The kings of Judah appointed them to sacrifice at the illegal places of worship in the cities of Judah and all around Jerusalem. They had been sacrificing to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations of the zodiac (Mazzalohth Constellation-Job 38:32), and the entire army of heaven.

2 Kings 23:11

He also removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the worship of the sun. He burned the chariots used in this worship.

Jeremiah 44:17

We will do everything that we said we would. We will offer sacrifices to our goddess, the Queen of Heaven, and we will pour out wine offerings to her, just as our ancestors, our king and our leaders, and we used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty of food, we were prosperous, and had no troubles.

Genesis 1:16-18

God made the two great lights. The sun was to govern the day. The moon was to govern the night. He made the stars also.

Deuteronomy 11:16

Guard yourselves! Your heart could be deceived. You could turn away and serve other gods and worship them.

Psalm 8:3-4

When I look at your heavens, the creation of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in place,

Jeremiah 8:2

They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky. These are the things that they had loved, served, gone after, sought, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered or buried, but they will become manure on the ground.

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