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THE MESSAGE
Job 31:27
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so that my heart was secretly enticedand I threw them a kiss,
And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth:
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,
so that my heart was pulled away from God. My hand has never offered the sun and moon a kiss of worship.
so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,
And my heart became secretly enticed [by them], And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth [in respect to them],
And my heart was secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth:
If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,
And my heart became secretly enticed,And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
worshiped the sun or moon.
my heart was secretly seduced, so that I would wave them a kiss with my hand;
And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:
I was never foolish enough to worship the sun and the moon.
And if my heart has been secretly enticed, if I have consented to wrongdoings;
I have not been led astray to honor them by kissing my hand in reverence to them.
and I was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss,
and my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand;
Hath my hert medled priuely wt eny disceate? Or, dyd I euer kysse myne owne honde
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand;
And my heart hath bene secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande?
and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand:
and if myn herte was glad in priuyte, and if Y kisside myn hond with my mouth;
And my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand:
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;
and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship?
and have in secret worshiped them in my heart, and have honored them by throwing them a kiss with my hand,
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand;
And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,
And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with, my mouth:
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand;
And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,
And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
my heart: Deuteronomy 11:16, Deuteronomy 13:6, Isaiah 44:20, Romans 1:21, Romans 1:28
my mouth hath kissed my hand: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth, 1 Kings 19:18, Psalms 2:12, Hosea 13:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:40 - be ruled Deuteronomy 4:19 - when thou Deuteronomy 17:3 - the sun Joshua 10:12 - Sun 2 Kings 17:9 - secretly Ezekiel 20:24 - their eyes James 1:14 - when
Cross-References
That's when God said to Jacob, "Go back home where you were born. I'll go with you."
Rachel and Leah said, "Has he treated us any better? Aren't we treated worse than outsiders? All he wanted was the money he got from selling us, and he's spent all that. Any wealth that God has seen fit to return to us from our father is justly ours and our children's. Go ahead. Do what God told you."
"What do you mean," said Laban, "by keeping me in the dark and sneaking off, hauling my daughters off like prisoners of war? Why did you run off like a thief in the night? Why didn't you tell me? Why, I would have sent you off with a great celebration—music, timbrels, flutes! But you wouldn't permit me so much as a kiss for my daughters and grandchildren. It was a stupid thing for you to do. If I had a mind to, I could destroy you right now, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, ‘Be careful what you do to Jacob, whether good or bad.' I understand. You left because you were homesick. But why did you steal my household gods?"
Jacob answered Laban, "I was afraid. I thought you would take your daughters away from me by brute force. But as far as your gods are concerned, if you find that anybody here has them, that person dies. With all of us watching, look around. If you find anything here that belongs to you, take it." Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen the gods.
Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine, and all the women followed her with tambourines, dancing. Miriam led them in singing, Sing to God — what a victory! He pitched horse and rider into the sea!
Gideon selected ten men from his servants and did exactly what God had told him. But because of his family and the people in the neighborhood, he was afraid to do it openly, so he did it that night.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And mine heart hath been secretly enticed,.... Drawn away by beholding the magnitude of these bodies, the swiftness of their motion, their glorious appearance, and great usefulness to mankind, to entertain a thought of their being deities; and privately to worship them, in secret acts of devotion, as by an honourable esteem of them as such, reverence and affection for them, trust and confidence in them; for, as there is a secret worshipping of the true God, so there is a secret idolatry, idolatry in the heart, and setting up of idols there, as well as worshipping them in dark places, in chambers of imagery, as the Jews did, Ezekiel 8:12;
or my mouth hath kissed my hand; idols used to be kissed by their votaries, in token of their veneration of them, and as expressive of their worship of them; so Baal and Jeroboam's calves were kissed by the worshippers of them, 1 Kings 19:18. Kissing is used to signify the religious veneration, homage, and worship of a divine Person, the Son of God, Psalms 2:12; and such deities especially that were out of the reach of their worshippers, as the sun, moon, and stars were, they used to put their hands to their mouths, and kiss them, in token of their worship; just as persons now, at a distance from each other, pay their civil respects to one another: instances of religious adoration of idols performed in this manner, Psalms 2:12- :. Job denies that he had been guilty of such idolatry, either secretly or openly.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And my heart hath been secretly enticed - That is, away from God, or led into sin.
Or my mouth hath kissed my hand - Margin, my hand hath kissed my mouth. The margin accords with the Hebrew. It was customary in ancient worship to kiss the idol that was worshipped; compare 1 Kings 19:18, “I have left me seven thousand in Israel - and every mouth which hath not kissed him.” See, also, Hosea 13:2. The Muslims at the present day, in their worship at Mecca, kiss the black stone which is fastened in the corner of the Beat Allah, as often as they pass it, in going round the Caaba. If they cannot come near enough to kiss it, they touch it with the hand, and kiss that. An Oriental pays his respects to one of a superior station by kissing his hand and putting it to his forehead. Paxton. See the custom of kissing the hand of a Prince, as it exists in Arabia, described by Niebuhr, Reisebeschreib. 1, S. 414. The custom prevailed, also, among the Romans and Greeks. Thus, Pliny (Hist. Nat. 28:2) says, Inter adorandum dexterarm ad osculum referimus, et totum corpus circumagimus. So Lucian in the book, περὶ ὀρχήτεως peri orchēseōs, says, “And the Indians, rising early, adore the sun - not as we, kissing the hand - τὴν χείρα κύσαντες tēn cheira kusantes - think that our vow is perfect.” The foundation of the custom here alluded to, is the respect and affection which is shown for one by kissing; and as the heavenly bodies which were worshipped were so remote that the worshippers could not have access to them, they expressed their veneration by kissing the hand. Job means to say, that he had never performed an act of homage to the heavenly bodies.
