Job 31:26-28 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 31:26-28: 31:26-28 Like adultery (cp. 31:1 , 9-12 ), worshiping the sun and moon was a capital crime. Both were sins of the eye that enticed the heart, and both types of sin were tried before judges. 31:26 Have I looked at the sun ... or the moon: This oath denies violation (cp. Jer 8:2 ; 44:17 ; Ezek 8:16 ; Acts 7:43 ) of the first commandment (Deut 5:7 ; see Deut 4:19 ; 17:2-7 ).

Summary for Job 31:26-28: 31:26-28 ^a Like adultery (cp. 31:1 ^b, 9-12 ^c), worshiping the sun and moon was a capital crime. Both were sins of the eye that enticed the heart, and both types of sin were tried before judges. 31:26 ^d Have I looked at the sun ... or the moon: This oath denies violation (cp. Jer 8:2 ^e; 44:17 ^f; Ezek 8:16 ^g; Acts 7:43 ^h) of the first commandment (Deut 5:7 ⁱ; see Deut 4:19 ^j; 17:2-7 ^k).
31:27 ^l secretly enticed in my heart: See 31:9 ^m.

• throw kisses at them in worship: Cp. 1 Kgs 19:18 ⁿ; Hos 13:2 ^o.
31:28 ^p In Israel, the judges (see 31:11 ^q) were to punish idol worship by execution (Deut 17:2-7 ^r).

• Denying the God of heaven violated the first commandment (Deut 5:7 ^s).