 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.  Conversations on the Bible, by a lady - Page 434by Lady - 1824 - 437 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Bellamy - Apologetics - 1789 - 512 pages
...apology may be juftly ftylcd a fine epitome ** of morality and religion." SCOTT. IF VERSE XXVI. IF I BEHELD THE SUN WHEN IT SHINED, OR THE MOON WALKING IN BRIGHTNESS, &c. " SABIISM, or the worfhip of the heavenly bodies, was doubtlefs the moft " ancient fpecies of idolatry.... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...confidence ; if I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much ; if I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand ; this also -were an iniquity... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...if I immoderately rejoiced in the 26 wealth left me by my ancestors, or in what I hud gelten ; If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness ; a beautiful description of the moon passing through the -Í7 clouds ; And my heart hath been secretly... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - India - 1806 - 404 pages
...devout JOB makes. protestation of his innocence as to the crime of this prevailing idolatry :'* If I beheld the SUN when it shined or the MOON walking in brightness, and my heart hath been secretly enticed or my month hath kissed my hand, this, also, were an iniquity to... | |
 | Charles Butler - Bible - 1807 - 338 pages
...protestation, made by him of his integrity in the observance of his duties, he calls God to witness: " That, as he beheld the " sun, when it shined, or the moon walking " in brightness, his heart had never been " secretly enticed, his mouth had never " kissed his hand." Among the Persians,... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...whole heaven." And, accordingly, we find Job, in clearing his innocence to his friends, say, " If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand ; this also were an iniquity to... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...them: Judges ii. 12, 17, &c. Kissing the hand unto them, in token of reverence : Job xxxi. 26, 27. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth •xas great, and because mine -hand had gotten much ; 26 If I e LORD thy Gcxl doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shall sa ; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 448 ElilM rejt JOB.... | |
 | John Owen - Bible - 1813 - 620 pages
...betimes in the world, as we see in Job, where it is mentioned and condemned, ch. xxxi. 26, 27. " If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand " He condemns the idolatry, but... | |
 | James Wood - Bible - 1813 - 632 pages
...mouth, to kiss one's hand, or to kiss something, but with a sense of veneration and worship. " If I beheld the sun when it shined., or the moon walking in brightness. and my mouth hath kissed my hand, this also were iniquity ;" that is to say, if I have adored them by kissing... | |
| |
