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Job 31:27

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 31:27

Verse 27 of 40

Scripture focus

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

Job 31:27 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 31:27

Theological / Devotional

Secretly enticed. The sin of the heart comes first. There was something enticing about the worship of the heavenly bodies, with its ritual, that appealed strongly to the natural heart.

Kissed my hand. The enticement of the heart is followed by the act of the hand. It was customary to kiss idols (1 Kings 19:18; Hosea 13:2). The heavenly bodies were so remote that the worshipers could not have access to them, so they expressed their adoration by kissing the hand. Job means to say that he never participated in such idolatry.

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