Job 31:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 31:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 31:26 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; sun: Heb. light in...: Heb. bright" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 31:26 — KJV
“If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; sun: Heb. light in...: Heb. bright”
— Job 31:26 (KJV)
Job 31:26 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 31:26
“The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:26: sun, moon, brightness
“At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:26: sun, brightness, light
“And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, put: Heb. thrust moon: Heb. moons”
Shares key themes with Job 31:26: sun, moon, heb
“Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. stand...: Heb. be silent”
Shares key themes with Job 31:26: sun, moon, heb
“And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. put...: Heb. caused to cease idolatrous...: Heb. Chemarim planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations”
Shares key themes with Job 31:26: sun, moon, heb
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