Job 31:1
A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what — do I attend to a virgin?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
In Context
2And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
Cross References
Genesis 6:2and sons of God see the daughters of men that they [are] fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
Psalms 119:37Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
Proverbs 6:25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
Matthew 5:28but I — I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.
1 John 2:16because all that [is] in the world — the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life — is not of the Father, but 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 →