 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
 | Charles Rollin - 1820 - 386 pages
...throughout all the east, from which Job esteemed himself happy to have been preserved : " c When I beheld the " sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; " my heart hath not been secretly enticed, nor my mouth " kissed my hand." rf The Persians adored... | |
 | 1821 - 542 pages
...oppression — or if he had been betrayed into idolatry, when he " beheld the sun when it it shim d, or the moon walking in brightness ;'' and ardently...he had enjoyed an unmerited reputation, yet unable tu name the turpitude they suspected, and disgusted that they could not drive him to a voluntary confession... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1822 - 490 pages
...confidence ; If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and became mini; hand had gotten much ; If I beheld the sun .when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; and my heart bath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand ; this also were an iniquity to... | |
 | 1854 - 1112 pages
...protestation of his own integrity, disavows all connexion •with such idolatrous practices. " 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... | |
 | 1822 - 872 pages
...is certain from the words of JOB, who thus exculpates himself from the charge of idolatry : " If I beheld the Sun when it shined, or the Moon walking in brightness, «nd my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand ; this also were an iniquity... | |
 | 1822 - 192 pages
...the Moon. We read in the book of Job this reflection of his under his sufferings — " If I belield the Sun when it shined, or the Moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth had kissed my hand, this also were an iniquity to... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1823 - 468 pages
...Respecting the propriety of his own religious conduct, he could safely appeal to his friends j 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... | |
 | 1823 - 704 pages
...Moses. The former of these positions he attempts to establish by an appeal to Job xxxi. 26 — 28. 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... | |
 | William Brown - 1823 - 650 pages
...in Virgil/ and kissed their hand to the sun, in token of veneration. Accordingly, Job says8 " 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... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 528 pages
...of the heavenly bodies had become extensive. This divine writer* says, chap. xxxi. 26 — 28, ' 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... | |
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