Job 31:1
I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
In Context
2For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
Cross References
Genesis 6:2Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire, and they tooke them wiues of all that they liked.
Psalms 119:37Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
Proverbs 6:25Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.
Matthew 5:28But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart.
1 John 2:16For all that is in this world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) is not of the Father, but is of this 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 →