Job 31:1

בְּרִית כָּרַתִּי לְעֵינָי וּמָה אֶתְבּוֹנֵן עַל ־ בְּתוּלָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

In Context

2וּמֶה ׀ חֵלֶק אֱלוֹהַּ מִמָּעַל וְֽנַחֲלַת שַׁדַּי מִמְּרֹמִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵי ־ הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ בְּנוֹת הָֽאָדָם כִּי טֹבֹת הֵנָּה וַיִּקְחוּ לָהֶם נָשִׁים מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בָּחָֽרוּ ׃

Psalms 119:37הַעֲבֵר עֵינַי מֵרְאוֹת שָׁוְא בִּדְרָכֶךָ חַיֵּֽנִי ׃

Proverbs 6:25אַל ־ תַּחְמֹד יָפְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶךָ וְאַל ־ תִּקָּֽחֲךָ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ ׃

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 →

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