Job 31:1

Job Vindicates Himself

31:1 “I made a covenant with my eyes;

how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?

Job 41:4

41:4 Will it make a pact with you,

so you could take it as your slave for life?


tn The idea of cutting a covenant for something may suggest a covenant that is imposed, except that this construction elsewhere argues against it (see 2 Chr 29:10).

tn This half-verse is the effect of the covenant. The interrogative מָה (mah) may have the force of the negative, and so be translated “not to pay attention.”

tn Heb “will he cut a covenant.”

tn The imperfect verb serves to express what the covenant pact would cover, namely, “that you take.”