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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 that looketh at a woman to lust after her committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)
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Prov. 6:25• 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart,{HR}Nor 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 mankind that they [were] fair and they took to them wives of all that they chose. (Gen. 6:2)
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2 Sam. 11:2‑4• 2{i}And 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;{/i}
 3{i}and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?{/i}
 4{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Sam. 11:2‑4)
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Psa. 119:37• 37Turn away mine eyes from seeing vanity;{HR}In thy way quicken me. (Psa. 119:37)
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Prov. 4:25• 25Let thine eyes look right on,{HR}And thine eyelids look straight before thee. (Prov. 4:25)
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Prov. 23:31‑33• 31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,{HR}When it sparkleth in the cup,{HR}When it goeth down smoothly.
 32At the last it biteth like a serpent,{HR}And stingeth like an adder.
 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women,{HR}And thy heart shall utter froward things. (Prov. 23:31‑33)
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Matt. 5:28‑29• 28but I say unto you that every one that looketh at a woman to lust after her committed adultery with her already in his heart.
 29And if thy right eye stumbleth thee, pluck out and cast it from thee; for it profiteth 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, 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,{HR}Nor let her take thee with her eyelids; (Prov. 6:25)
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James 1:14‑15• 14But each is tempted when by his own lust drawn away and enticed;
 15then lust having conceived bringeth forth sin; and sin when completed giveth birth to 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?

W. Kelly Translation

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I have presented a covenant to mine eyes,{HR}And how should I think on a maiden?