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Job Chapter 31 verse 27 Holy Bible

ASV Job 31:27

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
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BBE Job 31:27

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
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DARBY Job 31:27

And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:
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KJV Job 31:27

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

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

And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth:
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YLT Job 31:27

And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand. The sin of the heart is placed first, as the fens et origo mali the spiritual root of the matter. On this naturally follows the outward act which, in the case of idolatry, was commonly the act exactly expressed by the word "adore" - the movement of the hand to the mouth in token of reverence and honour (see Pliny, 'Hist. Nat.,' 28:2, "Inter adorandum dexteram ad osculum referimus, et totum corpus circumagimus;" and Minucius Felix, Octav., 2, Caecilius, simulacro Serapidis denotato, ut vulgus superstitiosum solet, manum ori admovens osculum labiis pressit").

Ellicott's Commentary