27 If mine heart did flatter me in secret, or if my mouth did kiss mine [a]hand,

28 (This also had been an iniquity to be condemned: for I had denied the God [b]above.)

29 If I rejoiced at his destruction that hated me, or was moved to joy when evil came upon him,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:27 If mine own doings delighted me.
  2. Job 31:28 By putting confidence in anything but in him alone.

27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(A)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(B)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(C)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(D)

29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(E)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him(F)

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