Job 31:1
I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
In Context
2For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
Cross References
Genesis 6:2The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.
Proverbs 6:25Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:1
Job had often protested his integrity in general; here he does it in particular instances, not in a way of commendation (for he does not here proclaim his good deeds), but in his own just and necessary vindication, to clear himself from those crimes with which his friends had falsely charged him, which is a debt every man owes to his own reputation. Job's friends had been particular in their articles of impeachment against him, and therefore he is so in his protestation, which seems to refer especially to what… Read the whole commentary →