Job 31:1-4
New Living Translation
Job’s Final Protest of Innocence
31 “I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look with lust at a young woman.
2 For what has God above chosen for us?
What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?
3 Isn’t it calamity for the wicked
and misfortune for those who do evil?
4 Doesn’t he see everything I do
and every step I take?
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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