Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

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],

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, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way, 27 A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth; 28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:16

But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods;

Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

1 Kings 19:18

But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.

Psalm 2:12

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

Isaiah 44:20

As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

Hosea 13:2

And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.

Romans 1:21

Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

Romans 1:28

And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

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