JOB 31:1 Parallel View

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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.

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

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?

MOF No MOF 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?

DBY 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?

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

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

BB 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?)

GNV 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?)

CB 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 dasell.)

WYC 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 virgyn.)

LUT 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.)

CLV [Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.
([Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, as ne cogitarem quidem about virgine.)

BRN I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.

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

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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