Job 31:24-26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 Had I put my trust in gold
or called fine gold my security;
25 Or had I rejoiced that my wealth was great,
or that my hand had acquired abundance—
26 Had I looked upon the light[a] as it shone,(A)
or the moon in the splendor of its progress,
Footnotes
- 31:26–28 Light: of the sun. Job never sinned by worshiping the sun or the moon. Blow them a kiss: an act of idolatrous worship.
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