Job 31:1 KJV commentary

Job 31 vs. 1 – I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

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Job 31:1 KJV

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In Chapter 31, Job continues his self-justification, wondering why all this evil should fall upon him.

1. I have made a covenant not to commit adultery -vs.1, I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2. I have not been materialistic -vs.5, If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
3. I have never lusted after a woman -vs.9, If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
4. I have been just to my servant -vs.13, If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Commentary

1. I have not exploited the widows – vs.16, If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
2. I have always been given food to the fatherless -vs.17, Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
3. I have been clothing the poor -vs. 19, If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
4. I am not a lover of money -vs.24, If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
5. I have never been idolatrous -vs. 27, And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
6. I have never been jealous of the progress of anybody -vs.29, If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
7. I have been accommodating, even to strangers -vs.32, The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
8. I always repent of my sins -vs.33, If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
9. I have never reaped where I did not sow -vs.39, If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

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