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Job 31:1
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Job 31:1
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Job Vindicates Himself
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- 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 31:1
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Job 31:1
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31 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
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Job 31:1
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Job 31:1
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Job 31:1
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Job 31:1
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Job 31:1
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Job 31:1
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Job's Final Appeal
31 “I have made a covenant with my (A)eyes;
how then could I gaze at a virgin?
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