26 If I have (A)looked at the [a]sun when it shone,
Or the moon going in splendor,
27 And my heart was secretly enticed,
And my hand [b]threw a kiss from my mouth,
28 That too would have been (B)a guilty deed calling for [c]judgment,
For I would have (C)denied God above.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:26 Lit light
  2. Job 31:27 Lit kissed my mouth
  3. Job 31:28 Lit judges

26 if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
or at the moon moving in splendor,(A)
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed
and I threw them a kiss,[a]
28 this would also be a crime deserving punishment,
for I would have denied God above.

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  1. Job 31:27 Lit and my hand kissed my mouth