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 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”