Job 31:27

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
so that my heart was secretly enticedand I threw them a kiss,

Hebrew Names Version
And my heart has been secretly enticed, 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:

English Standard Version
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,

New Century Version
so that my heart was pulled away from God. My hand has never offered the sun and moon a kiss of worship.

New English Translation
so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

Amplified Bible
And my heart became secretly enticed [by them], And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth [in respect to them],

New American Standard Bible
And my heart was secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

World English Bible
And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth:

Geneva Bible (1587)
If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,

Legacy Standard Bible
And my heart became secretly enticed,And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

Berean Standard Bible
so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

Contemporary English Version
worshiped the sun or moon.

Complete Jewish Bible
my heart was secretly seduced, so that I would wave them a kiss with my hand;

Darby Translation
And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

Easy-to-Read Version
I was never foolish enough to worship the sun and the moon.

George Lamsa Translation
And if my heart has been secretly enticed, if I have consented to wrongdoings;

Good News Translation
I have not been led astray to honor them by kissing my hand in reverence to them.

Lexham English Bible
and I was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss,

Literal Translation
and my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Hath my hert medled priuely wt eny disceate? Or, dyd I euer kysse myne owne honde

American Standard Version
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

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

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand;

King James Version (1611)
And my heart hath bene secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:

English Revised Version
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and if myn herte was glad in priuyte, and if Y kisside myn hond with my mouth;

Update Bible Version
And my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand:

Webster's Bible Translation
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

New King James Version
So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;

New Living Translation
and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship?

New Life Bible
and have in secret worshiped them in my heart, and have honored them by throwing them a kiss with my hand,

New Revised Standard
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with, my mouth:

Revised Standard Version
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand;

Young's Literal Translation
And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

Contextual Overview

²⁴ If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence! ²⁵ If I rejoiced because great was my substance, and, an abundance, my hand had discovered; ²⁶ If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along; ²⁷ And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth, ²⁸ That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above. ²⁹ If rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity found him; - ³⁰ Neither did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life: ³¹ If the men of my household have not said, Oh for some of his flesh - we cannot get filled, ³² Outside, the sojourner lodged not for the night, My doors - to the wayfarer, I threw open.

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

Genesis 4:21
and, the name of his brother, was Jubal, - he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute,

Genesis 31:3
Then said Yahweh unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred, - that I may be with thee.

Genesis 31:5
and said to them, Beholding, am I the face of your father, that it is not towards me as aforetime, - nevertheless, the God of my father, hath been with me;

Genesis 31:11
And the messenger of God said unto me in a dream, Jacob! and I said, Behold me!

Genesis 31:14
Then responded Rachel and Leah, and said to him, - Have we any longer a portion or an inheritance in the house of our father?

Genesis 31:20
Thus Jacob stole away unawares to Laban, the Syrian, - in that he had not told him that he was about to flee.

Genesis 31:21
So he fled, the - and all that he had, and he arose, and passed over the River, - and set his face towards the mountain of Gilead.

Genesis 31:23
So he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him a journey of seven days - and overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

Genesis 31:26
Then said Laban to Jacob, What hadst thou done, that thou shouldst steal away unawares to me, - and shouldst carry off my daughters, as captives of the sword?

Genesis 31:31
And Jacob answered and said unto Laban, - Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take by force thy daughters from me!

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.