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 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