Parallel Verses
World English Bible
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
New American Standard Bible
And my hand
King James Version
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Holman Bible
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:
Youngs Literal Translation
And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,
Themes
hands » Kissed in idolatrous worship
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Other customs of » Kissing
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By kissing the hand to them
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor, 27 and my heart has been 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 should have denied the God who is above.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, 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 of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
1 Kings 19:18
Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him."
Psalm 2:12
Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"
Hosea 13:2
Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, 'They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.'
Romans 1:21
Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
Romans 1:28
Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;