Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 31:27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my (s) hand:
(s) If my own doings delighted me.
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my (s) hand:
(s) If my own doings delighted me.
AND MY HEART HATH BEEN SECRETLY ENTICED - That is, away from God, or led into sin. OR MY MOUTH HATH KISSED MY HAND - Margin, my hand hath kissed my mouth. The margin accords with the Hebrew. It was cu...
CHAPTER 31 _ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_ 2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13) 3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24) 4. Let God and man disprove me ...
JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
MY MOUTH HATH KISSED MY HAND: i.e. the outward sign of homage [to, or in worship, of the sun]....
d. He did not trust in wealth nor in heavenly bodies. (Job 31:24-28) TEXT 31:24-28 24 IF I HAVE MADE GOLD MY HOPE, And have said to the fine gold, _Thou art_ my confidence; 25 If I have rejoiced...
_AND MY HEART HATH BEEN SECRETLY ENTICED, OR MY MOUTH HATH KISSED MY HAND:_ Enticed - away from God to idolatry. KISSED ... HAND. Adoration literally means this. In worshipping they used to kiss the...
JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and weak, charity, mod...
MY MOUTH HATH KISSED MY HAND] a form of idolatrous worship: cp. 1 Kings 19:18. 29F. The high moral tone is very significant: cp. Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:19....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 31 JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
Many people chose the sun and the moon as their gods. In areas that do not have lights in the streets, the moon is very impressive. And, especially in a hot country like Job’s, the sun is very powerfu...
וַ יִּ֣פְתְּ בַּ † סֵּ֣תֶר לִבִּ֑י וַ...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE CLEAN LIFE Job 31:1 Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God Himself there would be no iniquity...
This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
Rejoiced. Hebrew and Chaldean, "been seduced" to idolatry. (Menochius) --- The worship of the sun and moon was most ancient, Ezechiel viii. 16. --- Mouth, to testify respect and admiration. This custo...
(9) В¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; (10) Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. (11) For this is an heino...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
AND MINE HEART HATH BEEN SECRETLY ENTICED,.... Drawn away by beholding the magnitude of these bodies, the swiftness of their motion, their glorious appearance, and great usefulness to mankind, to ente...
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: Ver. 27. _And my heart hath been secretly enticed_] _sc._ By the devil, who is ειδωλοχαρης, as, saith Synesius, a great promo...
_If I beheld the sun when it shined_ Namely, in its full strength and glory; when it most affected men's minds and hearts with admiration of its beauty, and of the benefits which it is instrumental in...
and my heart hath been secretly enticed, namely, away from the true God to the foolishness of idolatry, OR MY MOUTH HATH KISSED MY HAND, literally, "so that I touched my hand to my mouth," in throwing...
JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...
Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
MY MOUTH HATH KISSED MY HAND: _ Heb._ my hand hath kissed my mouth...
24-32 Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Thr...
SECRETLY; in my inward thoughts or affections, whilst I made open profession of my adherence to God and to the true religion. _Enticed, or seduced, or deceived_, by its plausible and glorious appearan...
Job 31:27 heart H3820 secretly H5643 enticed H6601 (H8799) mouth H6310 kissed H5401 (H8799) hand H3027 my
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is willing to know the worst of himse...
Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin; but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
_If I have made gold my hope._ ON THE LOVE OF MONEY How universal is it among those who are in pursuit of wealth to make gold their hope; and, among those who are in possession of wealth, to make fin...
_I made a covenant with mine eyes._ GUARD THE SENSES Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._) METHODS OF MORAL...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:24 Job has guarded against the idolatry of trusting in the wealth that God has provided rather than trusting in God himself. He has also avoided the idolatry of worshiping what God...
_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_ Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial reference to his _private...
EXPOSITION The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31. Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding, actua...
1 Kings 19:18; Deuteronomy 11:16; Deuteronomy 13:6; Hosea 13:2;...
Kissed — In token of worship, whereof this was a sign....