31 I have made a covenant with my eyes.(A)
How then could I look at a young woman?[a](B)
For what portion(C) would I have from God above,
or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust
and misfortune to evildoers?
Does He not see my ways
and number all my steps?(D)

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 31:1 Or a virgin

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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Notas al pie

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