Job 31:1
A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes,—How then could I gaze upon a virgin?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men! that they were, fair,—so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose,
Psalms 119:37Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
Proverbs 6:25Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;
Matthew 5:28But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart.
1 John 2:16Because, all that is in the world—the coveting of the flesh, the coveting of the eyes, and the vain grandeur of life—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 →