26 (A)if I have looked at the sun[a] when it shone,
    or (B)the moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be (C)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
    for I would have been false to God above.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:26 Hebrew the light

26 if I looked at the sun when it shone
or[a] at the moon moving in splendor,
27 and I was secretly enticed,[b]
and my hand threw them a kiss,[c]
28 this also is an iniquity to be judged,
for I have deceived God above.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:26 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 31:27 Literally “it was gullible in the secrecy of my heart”
  3. Job 31:27 Literally “my hand kissed for my mouth”