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Job 31:26-28

if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

    and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

    this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

  • KJV King James Version

    If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

    And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

    This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

    And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand;

    This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.

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Cross-references (34)

  • Ezekiel 8:16 (v26) He brought me into the inner court of Yahweh’s house; and I saw at the door of Yahweh’s temple, between the porch and the altar, there were…
  • Deuteronomy 4:19 (v26) and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn…
  • Deuteronomy 17:2-7 (v28) If there is found among you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in Yahweh…
  • Job 31:11 (v28) For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
  • Deuteronomy 13:6 (v27) 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,…
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  • Deuteronomy 17:3 (v26) and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the stars of the sky, which I have not commanded,
  • Psalms 50:6 (v28) The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge.
  • Deuteronomy 11:16 (vv26–27) Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them;
  • Genesis 18:25 (v28) May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May…
  • Deuteronomy 17:9 (v28) You shall come to the priests who are Levites and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the…
  • Joshua 24:23 (v28) “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
  • Joshua 24:27 (v28) Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us.…
  • Judges 11:27 (v28) Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. May Yahweh the Judge be judge today between the children of…
  • 2 Kings 23:5 (v26) He got rid of the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and…
  • 2 Kings 23:11 (v26) He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of Yahweh’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the…
  • Job 9:15 (v28) Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
  • Job 23:7 (v28) There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Jeremiah 8:2 (v26) They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which…
  • Jeremiah 44:17 (v26) But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink…
  • Genesis 1:16-18 (v26) God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. God set…
  • 1 Kings 19:18 (v27) Yet I reserved seven thousand in Israel, all the knees of which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.”
  • Psalms 2:12 (v27) Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who…
  • Psalms 8:3-4 (v26) When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; what is man, that you think of…
  • Proverbs 30:9 (v28) lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
  • Isaiah 44:20 (v27) 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 (v27) Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of…
  • Romans 1:21 (v27) Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart…
  • Romans 1:28 (v27) 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;
  • Titus 1:16 (v28) They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
  • Hebrews 12:23 (v28) to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made…
  • 2 Peter 2:1 (v28) But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies,…
  • 1 John 2:23 (v28) Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
  • Jude 1:4 (v28) For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the…

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv26–28 If I was proud of my worldly prosperity and…

If I was proud of my worldly prosperity and felicity, which is meant by the shining of the sun, and brightness of the moon.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv26–28 Job 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv26–28 If I beheld; not simply, nor only with admiration;…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv26–28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv26–28 I - This place speaks of the worship of…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv26, 28 Verse 26. If I beheld the sun when it…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv26, 28 Job 31:26-27. If I beheld the sun when it…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv26–28 If I beheld the sun when it shined -…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v27 Rejoiced. Hebrew and Chaldean, "been seduced" to idolatry. (Menochius)…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv26–28 If I looked unto the sun (as an object…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv26–28 26. The sun… the moon — Traces of the…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv27–28 27. or my mouth hath kissed my hand] lit.…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv26, 28 (26) If I beheld the sun.—It is remarkable that…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv26–28 If I beheld the sun when it shined; literally,…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v26 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv26–28 31:26-28 Like adultery (cp. 31:1, 9-12), worshiping the sun…
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