And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Parallel translations
- WEB and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
- BSB so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
- NKJV So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;
- NASB And my heart was secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
- NLT and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship?
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Quick answer
Job affirms that his heart was never secretly enticed to honor these objects with a kiss of homage. He kept his inner devotion pure.
Overview
Job denies even the hidden, inward beginnings of idolatry, such as throwing a kiss to the sun or moon as an act of reverence. His concern reaches beyond outward acts to the secret enticement of the heart. This emphasis on inner devotion shows that true worship is a matter of the heart, a truth Jesus affirms in calling for worship in spirit and in truth through himself.
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Cross-references · 8
- Deut 13:6If 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;
- Deut 11:16Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
- Isa 44:20He 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?
- Ps 2:12Kiss 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.
- Hos 13:2And 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.
- Rom 1:28And 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;
- Rom 1:21Because 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.
- 1 Kgs 19:18Yet 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.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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