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26 if I have seen the sun when it shined,
    or the moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
    for I should have denied the God who is above.

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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