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 moving in splendor, 27 And my heart became secretly enticed,
And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:16

Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them;

Deuteronomy 13:6

"If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,'which neither you nor your fathers have known,

1 Kings 19:18

Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him."

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, "Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!"

Romans 1:21

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

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