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31 “I made a covenant with my eyes,
    how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
For what is the portion from God above,
    and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous,
    and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Doesn’t he see my ways,
    and count all my steps?

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Job Asserts His Moral Innocence

31 “I made a covenant with my eyes;
    how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?
What would I have[a] from God above,
    what heritage from the Almighty on high,
if not calamity that is due the unjust,
    and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity?
He watches my life,
    observing every one of my actions,[b] does he not?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:2 The Heb. lacks would one have
  2. Job 31:4 Lit. steps