What Does Job 31:27 Mean in the King James?
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
A hidden attraction and a bodily act of homage are one movement of allegiance.
THE MEANING
A hidden attraction can shape your allegiance before it shows on the surface: the heart’s secret yielding and the mouth’s kiss to the hand form one movement of homage. The next line calls this a denial of the God above, so the verse treats the inward turn as consequential now.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that allegiance begins only with a visible act is undone: this verse names a secret inward yielding as already consequential.
THE ROOT
פָּתָה
pathah
GROWS FROM
פתה
p-t-h
To entice or persuade; the same root also gives a word for someone simple or unguarded.
The verb sits beside פֶּתִי (peti, a simple or unguarded person): this root links being enticed with susceptibility to persuasion. The hidden turn begins as the heart yields inwardly; the kiss to the hand gives that allegiance a bodily expression.
ALSO GROWS
yefatteh: Entices or persuades
יְפַתֶּה
In Exodus 22:16, the same root names persuasion directly; here, the enticement is located within the heart.
peti: A simple or unguarded person
פֶּתִי
This branch shows the susceptibility that enticement works through: a heart can yield before the gesture of homage appears.
THE PATTERN
False allegiance takes shape inwardly as attraction gains consent, then becomes outward service or action.
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.THE THREAD
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.The word translated “entice” shares the root פתה (pathah) with Job’s “enticed.” Proverbs names the pull as coming from outside; Job shows it taking hold secretly within the heart, before the hand’s gesture gives it form.
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