| Geneva Study Bible And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my {s} hand: (s) If my own doings delighted me. Wesley's Notes 31:27 Kissed - In token of worship, whereof this was a sign. King James Translators' Notes my mouth...: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 27. enticed-away from God to idolatry. kissed . hand-"adoration," literally means this. In worshipping they used to kiss the hand, and then throw the kiss, as it were, towards the object of worship (1Ki 19:18; Ho 13:2). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 31:24-32 Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send judgments upon a nation. 3. He neither desired nor delighted in the hurt of the worst enemy he had. If others bear malice to us, that will not justify us in bearing malice to them. 4. He had never been unkind to strangers. Hospitality is a Christian duty, 1Pe 4:9. | 
