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A covenantבְּרִיתI madeכָּרַתִּיwith my eyes;לְעֵינָיhowמָהthenוּcould I gazeאֶתְבּוֹנֵןatעַלa virgin?בְּתוּלָה
Job 31:1
Study it in the app“A covenant I made with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?”
Job made a covenant with his eyesPurityJob makes a covenant with his eyes to guard his gazeTemptationJob made a covenant with his eyesDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:1, word by word
- A covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- I madeכָּרַתִּיkarati
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “karati” appears- with my eyesעֵינָena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- could I gazeאֶתְבּוֹנֵןetbonen
consider
To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.
Where else “etbonen” appears- a virginבְּתוּלָהbetula
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betula” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And what would be the portion of Eloah from above, and the inheritance of Shaddai from the heights?