Job 31:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or 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, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
• Deut 13:6 : 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, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
• 1 Kgs 19:18 : 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.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that 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, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
• Rom 1:21 : 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;