Job 31:27
ContextNET © | so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, 1 |
NIV © | so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage, |
NASB © | And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, |
NLT © | and been secretly enticed in my heart to worship them? |
MSG © | That I let myself become seduced by them and worshiped them on the sly? |
BBE © | A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth; |
NRSV © | and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand; |
NKJV © | So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand; |
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NET © | so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, 1 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “and my hand kissed my mouth.” The idea should be that of “my mouth kissed my hand.” H. H. Rowley suggests that the hand was important in waving or throwing the kisses of homage to the sun and the moon, and so it receives the focus. This is the only place in the OT that refers to such a custom. Outside the Bible it was known, however. |