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Job 31

Job 31:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I made
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
a covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
with mine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
l; why then should I think
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
m upon a maid
bthuwlah (Hebrew #1330)
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
KJV usage: maid, virgin.
Pronounce: beth-oo-law'
Origin: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate
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Matt. 5:28• 28But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)
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Prov. 6:25• 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; (Prov. 6:25)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-40:  Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties.
a covenant.
Gen. 6:2• 2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose. (Gen. 6:2)
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2 Sam. 11:2‑4• 2And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;
 3and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?
 4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house. (2 Sam. 11:2‑4)
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Psa. 119:37• 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way. (Psa. 119:37)
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Prov. 4:25• 25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. (Prov. 4:25)
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Prov. 23:31‑33• 31Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
 32at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things; (Prov. 23:31‑33)
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Matt. 5:28‑29• 28But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
 29But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. (Matt. 5:28‑29)
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1 John 2:16• 16because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (1 John 2:16)
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Prov. 6:25• 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; (Prov. 6:25)
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James 1:14‑15• 14But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
 15then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death. (James 1:14‑15)
• I am clean (chap. 31). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• He asserts his purity, goodness and righteousness in the completest way. There is no bitterness as when in his former replies he resented the accusations of his friends, nor vain crying of injustice at the hands of God. Quickly, deliberately and thoroughly he surveys his life and character, and comes to the conclusion that he welcomes both the indictment of man and the judgment of God. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• We cannot question the truth and the sincerity of all that he says, but, we may well ask, is his conclusion a happy one even for himself? He closes the mouths of his friends, he seems abundantly satisfied with himself; suppose God were to let it go at that, is the spectacle of a completely self-vindicated man a pleasant one? (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• God is left out save as related to Job’s righteousness: His greatness, goodness, holiness, as themes of worship and joy are ignored. At the close of all that he has to say, Job is as far from God as at the beginning; nay, further. When we remember that all God’s ways with man are to bring him close to Himself, we see the folly and sin of Job’s course. No wonder that other voices with other themes must be heard before the “end of the Lord” is reached. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• (1) Asseveration of chastity and uprightness (vers. 1-12). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• Job dwells upon a side of his character and conduct which even his friends had not openly challenged. Whatever intimations they have made of general wickedness—turning from God, violent dealings with the needy and others—the subject of personal purity had not been touched upon. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• His eyes, the avenue to the heart, had been closed by full purpose—a “covenant,” against even a look at what might stir up passion. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?