Job 31:1-4
Christian Standard Bible
31 I have made a covenant with my eyes.(A)
How then could I look at a young woman?[a](B)
2 For what portion(C) would I have from God above,
or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
3 Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust
and misfortune to evildoers?
4 Does he not see my ways
and number all my steps?(D)
Footnotes
- 31:1 Or a virgin
Job 31:1-4
New English Translation
Job Vindicates Himself
31 “I made a covenant with[a] my eyes;
how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?[b]
2 What then would be one’s lot from God above,
one’s heritage from the Almighty[c] on high?
3 Is it not misfortune for the unjust,
and disaster for those who work iniquity?
4 Does he not see my ways
and count all my steps?
Footnotes
- Job 31:1 tn The idea of cutting a covenant for something may suggest a covenant that is imposed, except that this construction elsewhere argues against it (see 2 Chr 29:10).
- Job 31:1 tn This half-verse is the effect of the covenant. The interrogative מָה (mah) may have the force of the negative, and so be translated “not to pay attention.”
- Job 31:2 tn Heb “lot of Shaddai,” which must mean “the lot from Shaddai,” a genitive of source.
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