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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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Mt. 5:28• 28Mas yo os digo, que cualquiera que mira á una mujer para codiciarla, ya adulteró con ella en su corazón. (Mt. 5:28)
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Pr. 6:25• 25No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, Ni ella te prenda con sus ojos: (Pr. 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.
Gn. 6:2• 2Viendo los hijos de Dios que las hijas de los hombres eran hermosas, tomáronse mujeres, escogiendo entre todas. (Gn. 6:2)
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2 S. 11:2‑4• 2Y acaeció que levantándose David de su cama á la hora de la tarde, paseábase por el terrado de la casa real, cuando vió desde el terrado una mujer que se estaba lavando, la cual era muy hermosa.
 3Y envió David á preguntar por aquella mujer, y dijéronle: Aquella es Bath-sheba hija de Eliam, mujer de Uría Hetheo.
 4Y envió David mensajeros, y tomóla: y así que hubo entrado á él, él durmió con ella. Purificóse luego ella de su inmundicia, y se volvió á su casa. (2 S. 11:2‑4)
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Sal. 119:37• 37Aparta mis ojos, que no vean la vanidad; Avívame en tu camino. (Sal. 119:37)
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Pr. 4:25• 25Tus ojos miren lo recto, Y tus párpados en derechura delante de ti. (Pr. 4:25)
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Pr. 23:31‑33• 31No mires al vino cuando rojea, Cuando resplandece su color en el vaso: Entrase suavemente;
 32Mas al fin como serpiente morderá, Y como basilisco dará dolor:
 33Tus ojos mirarán las extrañas, Y tu corazón hablará perversidades. (Pr. 23:31‑33)
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Mt. 5:28‑29• 28Mas yo os digo, que cualquiera que mira á una mujer para codiciarla, ya adulteró con ella en su corazón.
 29Por tanto, si tu ojo derecho te fuere ocasión de caer, sácalo, y échalo de ti: que mejor te es que se pierda uno de tus miembros, que no que todo tu cuerpo sea echado al infierno. (Mt. 5:28‑29)
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1 Jn. 2:16• 16Porque todo lo que hay en el mundo, la concupiscencia de la carne, y la concupiscencia de los ojos, y la soberbia de la vida, no es del Padre, mas es del mundo. (1 Jn. 2:16)
think.
Pr. 6:25• 25No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, Ni ella te prenda con sus ojos: (Pr. 6:25)
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Stg. 1:14‑15• 14Sino que cada uno es tentado, cuando de su propia concupiscencia es atraído, y cebado.
 15Y la concupiscencia, después que ha concebido, pare el pecado: y el pecado, siendo cumplido, engendra muerte. (Stg. 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?