Job 31:26

31:26 if I looked at the sun ¹  when it was shining,

and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

Job 31:7

31:7 If my footsteps have strayed from the way,

if my heart has gone after my eyes, ² 

or if anything ³  has defiled my hands,

[31:26]  ¹ tn Heb “light”; but parallel to the moon it is the sun. This section speaks of false worship of the sun and the moon.

[31:7]  ² sn The meaning is “been led by what my eyes see.”

[31:7]  ³ tc The word מֻאוּם (mu’um) could be taken in one of two ways. One reading is to represent מוּם (mum, “blemish,” see the Masorah); the other is for מְאוּמָה (mÿ’umah, “anything,” see the versions and the Kethib). Either reading fits the passage.