Job 31:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֣פְתְּ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר לִבִּ֑י וַתִּשַּׁ֖ק יָדִ֣י לְפִֽי׃

Transliteration

And-yipt bassēter libbî and-tiššaq yādî to-pî

Grammar Details

• *yipt*: verb, qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - it is enticed
• *bassēter*: preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - in the secret/hidden place
• *libbî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my heart
• *tiššaq*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it kisses
• *yādî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my hand
• *pî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my mouth

Word Meanings

• *yipt*: is enticed/is deceived/is seduced
• *bassēter*: in secret/in the hidden place
• *tiššaq*: kisses/touches [in homage]
• *pî*: my mouth/my speech

Referenced Verses

• Deut 11:16 : 16 Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
• Deut 13:6 : 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, that is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
• 1 Kgs 19:18 : 18 Yet will I leave [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
• Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Hos 13:2 : 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
• Rom 1:21 : 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they {G1381} {G3756} refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;