Verse 1. - I made a covenant with mine eyes; rather, for mine eyes. The covenant must have been with himself. Job means that be came to a fixed resolution, by which he thenceforth guided his conduct, not even to "look upon a woman to lust after her" (Matthew 5:28).We must suppose this resolution come to in his early youth, when the passions are strongest, and when so many men go astray. 6 let God weigh me in honest scales. and he will know that I am blameless—. 7 if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, 8 then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. 9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
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6 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at. Answer. In Job 31:1, Job says that he had made a covenant with his eyes—a promise not to look at something: "I made a covenant with my eyes / not to look lustfully at a young woman.". It is clear that Job was speaking about his personal purity. In defending his conduct, Job says that he worked diligently not to look at young women in. 16 "If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it 18 (for from his youth I reared him as a father, and from his mother's womb I guided him []); 19 if I have seen any one perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without covering; 6 let God weigh me in honest scales. and he will know that I am blameless—. 7 if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, 8 then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. 9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
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I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin. English Revised Version. I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid? World English Bible. "I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman? Young's Literal Translation. A covenant I made for mine eyes, And. XXXI. (1) I made a covenant with mine eyes. —Job makes one grand profession of innocence, rehearsing his manner of life from the first; and here he does not content himself with traversing the accusations of his friends, but professes his innocence also of sins less manifest to the observance of others, and affecting the secret conduct and the heart—namely, sensual transgression and idolatry. I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin? Douay-Rheims Bible I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin. Darby Bible Translation I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid? English Revised Version 28 this also would be f an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above. 29 " If I have g rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him. 30 ( h I have not let my mouth sin. by asking for his life with a curse), 31 if the men of my tent have not said,
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9. "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door, 10. then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her. 11. For that would have been shameful, a sin to be judged. 12. It is a fire that burns to Destruction [ 1] ; it would have uprooted my harvest. 13. If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands, Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out. "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door, Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her.
Benson Commentary. Job 31:1. I made a covenant with mine eyes, &c. — So far have I been from any gross wickedness, that I have abstained from the least occasions and appearances of evil. It was possible Job's friends might make quite another use than he intended of the relation which he had made of his miserable condition in the foregoing. Isaiah 33:15. He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, Matthew 5:28. But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed.
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Job's Summary Defense. 29 And Job again z took up his discourse, and said:. 2 "Oh, that I were as in the months of old,. as in the days when God watched over me,. 3 when his a lamp shone upon my head,. and by his light I walked through darkness,. 4 as I was in my prime, 1. when the b friendship of God was upon my tent,. 5 when the Almighty was yet with me,. when my c children were all. Psalm 31:13-14 — The New King James Version (NKJV) 13 For I hear the slander of many; Fear is on every side; While they take counsel together against me, They scheme to take away my life. 14 But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, "You are my God.".
