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Job 31:27 KJV
Job · chapter 31 · verse 27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:Job 31:27 · King James Version
Job 31:27 in context
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- secretlyçêthera coverH5643 →
- enticedpâthâhto openH6601 →
- kissednâshaqto kiss, literally or figurativelyH5401 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
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Four articles more of Job's protestation we have in these verses, which, as all the rest, not only assure us what he was and did, but teach us what we should be and do: - I. He protests that he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world, nor took the things of it for his portions and happiness. He had gold;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-32