 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.  The Juvenile instructor and companion - Page 153by Young people - 1882Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...their mouth, and kiss it. An allusion to this practice is found in the Book of Joh xxxi. 26-28 : " If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...mouth hath kissed my hand : this also were an iniquity : for I should have denied the God that is above." But the true Origin of worship itself seems to be... | |
 | 1828 - 498 pages
...you find it, and read from the 26th verse. enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand, this also was an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above." Mr. P. That will do. You observe how the the pious and sensitive mind of the patriarch appears to be... | |
 | William Hurd - 1814 - 954 pages
...those who believed in the true God, says, in hi» own vindication, " If I beheld the sun whileitshined, or the moon walking in brightness : and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth had kissed my hand, (4c." Job xxxi, ¡iß, 'if. This was a solemn oath, and the ceremony performed... | |
 | 1815 - 872 pages
...27. And mine heart secretly inclined to bow, or my mouth kissed my hand to them; 28. This were also an iniquity to be punished by the judge ; for I should have denied the God above. 2U. If I rejoiced at his calamity that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil met him; SO.... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And iny heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand : 28 This also were an... | |
 | David Collyer - 1815 - 420 pages
...we read, that Job vindicated himself from such idolatry"' ; If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath been secretly enticed, (that is, with the inward devotion qf soul,) or my mouth hath kissed my hand, which was an outward... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1816 - 644 pages
...the memory ef actly consonant to these natural associations. *' If " I beheld the Sun when it sinned, or the Moon " walking in brightness, and my heart...iniquity to be punished by " the Judge, for I should h»ve denied the GOD " THAT IS ABOVE."— I AM THE HIGH AHD THE " LOFTY ONE, WHO INHABITETH ETERNITY."—... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - 1816 - 452 pages
...NEFARIOUS WORSHIP PAID TO BEASTS, ESTEEMED SACRED, AND CALLED IN SCRIPTURE THE ABOMINATIONS OF EGYPT. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my handy Job. xxxi. 26. — So said the virtuous Job, asserting, at the same time, his innocence of the... | |
 | John Hoyland - 1816 - 432 pages
...worship of the .heavenly bodies gives us an idea of an integrity not to be corrupted : " If 1 bcheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; and niy heart hath becn seerctly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand ;— .this also were an iniquity... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1817 - 472 pages
...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,... | |
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