Job 31:1-2 - Commentary

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Text -- Job 31:1-2 (NET)

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Job Vindicates Himself

31:1 “I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin? 31:2 What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?

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NET Notes: Job 31:1 This half-verse is the effect of the covenant. The interrogative מָה (mah) may have the force of the negative, and so be translated ...

NET Notes: Job 31:2 Heb “lot of Shaddai,” which must mean “the lot from Shaddai,” a genitive of source.

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