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 look at the sun[a] when it shines
    or the moon as it rises in steady splendor,
27 so that in the depths of my deceived heart
    I worshipped them with my mouth and hands,
28 this is also a sin that deserves to be judged,
    since I would have tried to deceive[b] God above.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:26 Lit. light
  2. Job 31:28 Or have denied