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Job 31:27

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

KJV

et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo :

Vulgate

καὶ εἰ ἠπατήθη λάθρα ἡ καρδία μου, εἰ δὲ χεῖρά μου ἐπιθεὶς ἐπὶ στόματί μου ἐφίλησα·

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּ֣פְתְּ בַּ/סֵּ֣תֶר לִבִּ֑/י וַ/תִּשַּׁ֖ק יָדִ֣/י לְ/פִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְפַתֶּה֙
ypth
verb · 28×
יִּשַּׁק
yshq
verb · 35×
סֵ֣תֶר
str
noun · 36×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 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.
  • Deut 11:16 — Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
  • Deut 11:16 — Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
  • Deut 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, w
  • Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.