Job 31 · Verse 27

Job 31:27

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Job 31:27, King James Version

Job 31:27 in other translations

BSBso that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
WEBand my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;
ASVAnd my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
YLTAnd my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,
DARBYAnd my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:
BBEA secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
WebsterAnd my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

What does Job 31:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. enticed--away from God to idolatry. kissed ... hand--"adoration," literally means this. In worshipping they used to kiss the hand, and then throw the kiss, as it were, towards the object of worship (1Ki 19:18; Ho 13:2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 31:24-32

Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send…

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Job 31:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּ֣פְתְּvai.Yiftand it was gullibleH6601
בַּסֵּ֣תֶרba.Se.terin <the> secrecyH5643
לִבִּ֑יli.Biheart myH3820
וַתִּשַּׁ֖קva.ti.Shakand it kissedH5401
יָדִ֣יya.Dihand myH3027
לְפִֽי\׃le.Fi<to> mouth myH6310

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 31:27

  • Deuteronomy 13:6

    If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

  • Deuteronomy 11:16

    Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • Psalms 2:12

    Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

  • Isaiah 44:20

    He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

  • 1 Kings 19:18

    Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

  • Hosea 13:2

    And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

  • Romans 1:28

    And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  • Romans 1:21

    Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my heart.
De 11:16; 13:6; Isa 44:20; Ro 1:21,28
my mouth hath kissed my hand. Heb. my hand hath kissed mymouth.
1Ki 19:18; Ps 2:12; Ho 13:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 31:26

    If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

  • Job 31:27

    And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

  • Job 31:28

    This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

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Job 31:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y mi corazón se engañó en secreto, y mi boca besó mi mano:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et que mon cœur ait été séduit en secret, et que ma bouche ait embrassé ma main, –
German
Elberfelder 1871
und mein Herz im Geheimen verführt wurde und mein Mund meine Hand geküßt hat:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo: