Holy Scripture

Job 31:26

A church father on this verse
“"If I had looked at the sun when it shone or the moon moving in splendor," that is, if I had seen the rising sun and worshiped it or had embraced the moon and kneeled down before it, I would have certainly erred in worshiping them.”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 31:26

Source: Septuagint

Original

26(Do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, And the moon waning? for they have not power to continue):

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24If I made gold my treasure, And if too I trusted the precious stone;

25And if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, And if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures

— Job 31:26 —

27And if my heart was secretly deceived, And if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:

28Let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: For I should have lied against the Lord Most High.

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