JOB 31:1 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I’ve made an agreement with my eyes,
⇔ ≈about how I’ll be careful when I look at a young woman.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Διαθήκην ἐθέμην τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου, καὶ οὐ συνήσω ἐπὶ παρθένον.
(Diathaʸkaʸn ethemaʸn tois ofthalmois mou, kai ou sunaʸsō epi parthenon. )

ULT I have cut a covenant with my eyes;
⇔ how then would I gaze upon a virgin?

UST “I have made a solemn promise to myself that I will not look at a woman in a lustful way.
⇔ So I would not look at a woman who was not my wife and want to have sexual relations with her.

BSB ⇔ “I have made a covenant with my eyes.
⇔ How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

OEB A tyrst I made with mine eyes
⇔ To give no heed unto folly.

WEBBE ⇔ “I made a covenant with my eyes;
⇔ how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “I made a covenant with my eyes;
⇔ how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?

LSV “I made a covenant for my eyes,
And how do I attend to a virgin?

FBV I vowed to myself never to look with desire at young women.

T4T “I solemnly promised myself
⇔ that I would not look at a young woman with a desire to have sex with her.

LEB No LEB JOB 31:1 verse available

BBE I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?

ASV I made a covenant with mine eyes;
⇔ How then should I look upon a virgin?

DRA I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.

YLT A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what — do I attend to a virgin?

Drby I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

RV I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?

Wbstr I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

KJB-1769 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

KJB-1611 ¶ I made a couenant with mine eyes; why then should I thinke vpon a mayd?
(¶ I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I thinke upon a mayd?)

Bshps I made a couenaunt with myne eyes: why then should I loke vpon a mayden?
(I made a covenant with mine eyes: why then should I look upon a mayden?)

Gnva I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?
(I made a covenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde? )

Cvdl I made a couenaunt wt myne eyes, yt I wolde not loke vpo a dasell.
(I made a covenant with mine eyes, it I would not look upo a damsel.)

Wycl I made couenaunt with myn iyen, that Y schulde not thenke of a virgyn.
(I made covenant with mine eyes, that I should not thenke of a virgin.)

Luth Ich habe einen Bund gemacht mit meinen Augen, daß ich nicht achtete auf eine Jungfrau.
(I have a Bund made with my Augen, that I not achtete on one Yungfrau.)

ClVg [Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.[fn]
([Pepigi fœdus when/with oculis mine, as not cogitarem indeed about virgine. )

31.1 Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis. GREG. in Job., l. 21. Nunc proprias per ordinem virtutes enumerat, sic vitæ suæ historiam texens ut perrarum aliquid, quod allegorice possit intelligi, interserat. Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis. Ut enim cogitationes cordis, etc., usque ad Non debent intueri quæ non licet concupisci.

31.1 Pepigi fœdus when/with oculis meis. GREG. in Yob., l. 21. Nunc proprias through ordinem virtutes enumerat, so of_life suæ historiam texens as perrarum aliquid, that allegorice possit intelligi, interserat. Pepigi fœdus when/with oculis meis. Ut because cogitationes cordis, etc., until to Non debent intueri which not/no licet concupisci.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּ֭רִית כָּרַ֣תִּי לְ⁠עֵינָ֑⁠י

covenant made with,eyes,my

In this culture, people would say that they had cut a covenant because making a covenant often involved a ceremony in which the two parties would cut up an animal and walk between the cut-up pieces. Jeremiah 34:18 refers to such a ceremony, and Genesis 15:8–19 describes God making a covenant with Abraham in this way. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I have made a covenant with my eyes”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

בְּ֭רִית כָּרַ֣תִּי לְ⁠עֵינָ֑⁠י

covenant made with,eyes,my

Job is speaking of his eyes as if they were living things with which he could make a covenant. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I have resolved to exercise self-control regarding what I look at”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וּ⁠מָ֥ה אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן עַל־בְּתוּלָֽה

and,how look on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in virgin

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “I would not gaze upon a virgin!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠מָ֥ה אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן

and,how look

Job means implicitly that he would not gaze lustfully. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “how then would I gaze lustfully” or “I would not gaze lustfully”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

עַל־בְּתוּלָֽה

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in virgin

Job is using one kind of woman, a virgin, to mean women in general. He is not saying that if a woman had not had sexual relations with anyone, he would not look at her lustfully, but if a woman had had sexual relations, then he might look at her lustfully. Job is mentioning a virgin as one example of a woman whom he might be tempted to look at that way. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “at a woman”

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