Job 31:1

“I made a covenant with ¹  my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin? ² 

Ge 6:2; 2Sa 11:2-4; Ps 119:37; Pr 4:25; Pr 6:25; Pr 23:31-33; Mt 5:28,29; Jas 1:14,15; 1Jo 2:16

¹ 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).

² 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.”