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Version</a></span><br />if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/31.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking <i>in</i> brightness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If I have observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving <i>in</i> brightness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If I have looked at the sun when it shone, Or the moon going in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />If I have looked at the sun when it shone, Or the moon going in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If I beheld the sun [as an object of worship] when it shone Or the moon going in its splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I have never openly or secretly <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If I saw the light shine or the moon move along in its splendor<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I have never worshiped the sun in its brightness or the moon in all its beauty. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If I see the light when it shines, "" And the precious moon walking,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If I shall see the light when it shall shine, and the moon going in splendor;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Had I looked upon the light as it shone, or the moon in the splendor of its progress, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If I have adored the sun when it shone, or the moon when in full brightness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If I have seen light when peaceful and the moon when shining<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not <i>power to continue</i>:)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/31-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=4736" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/31.htm">Job's Final Appeal</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: ’er·’eh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">I have beheld</a> <a href="/hebrew/216.htm" title="216: ’ō·wr (N-cs) -- A light. From 'owr; illumination or luminary.">the sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1984.htm" title="1984: yā·hêl (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To shine.">in its radiance</a> <a href="/hebrew/3394.htm" title="3394: wə·yā·rê·aḥ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Moon. From the same as yerach; the moon.">or the moon</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hō·lêḵ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">moving</a> <a href="/hebrew/3368.htm" title="3368: yā·qār (Adj-ms) -- Precious, rare, splendid, weighty. From yaqar; valuable.">in splendor,</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Deuteronomy 4:19</a></span><br />When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-2.htm">Deuteronomy 17:2-5</a></span><br />If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant / and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden— / and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5</a></span><br />Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Jeremiah 8:2</a></span><br />They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">Ezekiel 8:16</a></span><br />So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3</a></span><br />For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-13.htm">Isaiah 47:13</a></span><br />You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-16.htm">Genesis 1:16</a></span><br />God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/8-3.htm">Psalm 8:3</a></span><br />When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/19-1.htm">Psalm 19:1-6</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. / Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. / Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/81-9.htm">Psalm 81:9</a></span><br />There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/148-3.htm">Psalm 148:3</a></span><br />Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25</a></span><br />They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-42.htm">Acts 7:42</a></span><br />But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-10.htm">Matthew 4:10</a></span><br />“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;</p><p class="hdg">beheld</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/1-16.htm">Genesis 1:16-18</a></b></br> And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: <i>he made</i> the stars also… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Deuteronomy 4:19</a></b></br> And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, <i>even</i> all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Deuteronomy 11:16</a></b></br> Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;</p><p class="hdg">sun.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/8-3.htm">Psalm 8:3,4</a></b></br> When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17</a></b></br> But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for <i>then</i> had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.</p><p class="hdg">in brightness.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/19-27.htm">Beheld</a> <a href="/job/26-13.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/job/28-26.htm">Brightness</a> <a href="/job/30-26.htm">Light</a> <a href="/job/26-9.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/job/26-13.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/job/29-24.htm">Precious</a> <a href="/revelation/21-11.htm">Radiance</a> <a href="/job/18-3.htm">Regarded</a> <a href="/job/29-3.htm">Shined</a> <a href="/job/25-5.htm">Shineth</a> <a href="/job/29-3.htm">Shining</a> <a href="/job/29-3.htm">Shone</a> <a href="/job/31-23.htm">Splendor</a> <a href="/job/30-28.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/job/29-15.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/job/31-7.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/36-24.htm">Beheld</a> <a href="/job/37-11.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/psalms/18-12.htm">Brightness</a> <a href="/job/33-30.htm">Light</a> <a href="/psalms/8-3.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/psalms/55-22.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/psalms/19-10.htm">Precious</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-27.htm">Radiance</a> <a href="/job/41-29.htm">Regarded</a> <a href="/psalms/50-2.htm">Shined</a> <a href="/psalms/112-4.htm">Shineth</a> <a href="/job/39-23.htm">Shining</a> <a href="/psalms/50-2.htm">Shone</a> <a href="/job/37-22.htm">Splendor</a> <a href="/job/37-21.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/job/34-8.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/job/31-30.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Job 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/31-1.htm">Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew root for "regarded" is "ra'ah," which means to see, look at, or consider. In the context of Job's discourse, this phrase indicates a hypothetical scenario where Job is reflecting on his actions and intentions. He is asserting his innocence by considering whether he has ever given undue reverence or worship to celestial bodies, which would be contrary to the worship of the one true God. This introspection is a testament to Job's commitment to righteousness and his understanding of the first commandment, which prohibits idolatry.<p><b>the sun in its radiance</b><br />The "sun in its radiance" refers to the sun's brilliance and glory. In ancient times, many cultures worshipped the sun as a deity due to its life-giving properties and its overwhelming presence in the sky. The Hebrew word for "sun" is "shemesh," and "radiance" is derived from "or," meaning light or brightness. Job's mention of the sun's radiance highlights the temptation to idolize such a powerful and visible force. However, Job is emphasizing that he has not succumbed to this temptation, maintaining his devotion to God alone. This reflects the biblical teaching that all creation, including the sun, is a testament to God's power and should not be worshipped in itself.<p><b>or at the moon moving in splendor</b><br />The phrase "or at the moon moving in splendor" continues the theme of celestial bodies that were often objects of worship in ancient cultures. The Hebrew word for "moon" is "yareach," and "moving in splendor" suggests the moon's majestic and orderly movement across the night sky. The moon's phases and its role in marking time made it a significant object of reverence. Job's reference to the moon's splendor underscores his awareness of the natural world's beauty and order, yet he remains steadfast in his refusal to attribute divine status to it. This reflects a profound understanding of God's sovereignty over creation, as articulated in Genesis, where God is the creator of the sun, moon, and stars, and they serve His purposes.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">If I beheld the sun.</span>--It is remarkable that the kind of idolatry repudiated by Job is that only of sun and moon worship. He seems to have been ignorant of the more material and degraded kinds.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If I beheld the sun when it shined; literally</span>, <span class="accented">the light</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the <span class="accented">great</span> light, which God made to rule the day (<a href="/genesis/1-16.htm">Genesis 1:16</a>). Sun-worship, the least ignoble form of idolatry, was widely spread in the East, and in Egypt, from a very early date. According to the views of some, the religion el' t e Egyptians was little else than a complicated sun-worship from its earliest inception to its very latest phase. "The religious notions of the Egyptians," says Dr. Birch, "were chiefly connected with the worship of the sun, with whom at a later period all the principal deities were connected. As Hag, or Harmachis, he represented the youthful or rising sun; as Ra, the midday; and as Turn. the setting sun. According to Egyptian notions, that god floated in a boat through the sky or celestial ether, and descended to the dark regions of night, or Hades. Many deities attended on his passage or were connected with his worship, and the gods Amen and Khepr, who represented the invisible and self-produced god, were identified with the sun" ('Egypt from the Earliest Times,' Introduction, pp. 9, 10.). Even those who do not go these lengths admit that the solar worship was, at any rate, a very main element in the cult of Egypt (see the author's 'History of Ancient Egypt,' vol. 1. pp. 342-364). In the Babylonian and Assyrian religion the position of the sun-god was leas prominent, but still, as San, or Shamas, he held an important place, and was the main object of religious veneration to a largo body of worshippers ('Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 1. pp. 126-128; vol. 2. pp. 17, 18). In the Vedic system the sun figured as Mitra, and in the Zoroastrian as Mithra, in both holding a high position. Among the Arabians the sun, worshipped as Orotal, is said to have been anciently the only god, though he was accompanied by a female principle named Alilat (Herod., 3:8). <span class="cmt_word">Or the moon walking in brightness</span>. The worship of the moon has. in most countries where it has prevailed, been quite secondary and subordinate to that of the sun. In Egypt. while nine gods are more or less identified with the solar luminary, two only, Khons and Thoth, can be said to represent the moon. In the Vedic and Zoroastrian systems the moon, called Soma, or Hems, almost dropped out of the popular religion, at any rate as a moon-god. In the Arabiun, Alilat, a goddess, probably represented the moon, as did Ashtoreth, a goddess, in the Pheonician. In Assyria, however, and in Babylonia, moon-worship held a higher position, Sin, the moon-god, taking precedence over Shamas, the sun-god, and being a very much more important personage (see 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 1. pp. 123-126; vol. 2. pp. 16, 17). Thus both moon-worship and sun-worship were prevalent among all, or almost all, Job's neighbours. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/31-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have regarded</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶרְאֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(’er·’eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sun</span><br /><span class="heb">א֖וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_216.htm">Strong's 216: </a> </span><span class="str2">Illumination, luminary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in its radiance</span><br /><span class="heb">יָהֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yā·hêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1984.htm">Strong's 1984: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or at the moon</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·rê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3394.htm">Strong's 3394: </a> </span><span class="str2">The moon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">moving</span><br /><span class="heb">הֹלֵֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hō·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in splendor,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָקָ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3368.htm">Strong's 3368: </a> </span><span class="str2">Precious, rare, splendid, weighty</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/31-26.htm">OT Poetry: Job 31:26 If I have seen the sun when (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/31-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 31:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 31:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/31-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 31:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 31:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>