Job 31:1 in context
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Job 31:1

[Now follows a series of "if I had done this" (19 times – verse 5, 7, 9, 13, 16–17, 19, 21, 24–26, 29, 31, 33, 38–39) followed by "then," see verse 8, 10, 22, and 40. Depending on how you count, there are about 16 different sinful acts that Job mentions. The format is not unfamiliar. In the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which is an occult instruction manual for the afterlife, there are similar lists. In chapter 125, which deals with the fate of a deceased soul, 42 sins are listed that the person did not commit. The oldest version is from 1500 BC, but the stories are older and the style of writing was known in Job's time.]
I made a covenant (contract) with my eyes,
how then could I think about (look at, let my thoughts wander, fantasize about) a virgin (young woman)? [This is not only about actions (verses 9–12) but also about thoughts, see Prov 6:25; Matt. 5:28.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

בְּרִית   כָּרַתִּי   לְעֵינָי   וּמָה   אֶתְבּוֹנֵן   עַל   בְּתוּלָה  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

διαθήκην ἐθέμην τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου καὶ οὐ συνήσω ἐπὶ παρθένον

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H1285
 בְּ֭רִית (berit)
 covenant
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncbsa
H3772
 כָּרַ֣תִּי (karati)
 to cut
Verb Verb
qal qatal 1p sing. qal qatal first person singular

Vqp1cs
H9005
H5869a
H9020
 לְ (le)
עֵינָ֑ (eina)
י (j)
 to
eye
my
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ dual (couple) gen. masculine och feminine dual (2/a couple) Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. 1p ♂/♀ sing. Pronominal first person masculine och feminine singular

R
Ncbdc
Sp1bs
H9002
H4100
 וּ (o)
מָ֥ה (mah)
 and
what?
Conj. Conjunktion

Particle – interrogative Particle (Interrogative)

 C
Pi
H0995
 אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן (etebvónen)
 to understand
Verb Verb
1p sing. first person singular

Vti1cs
H5921a
H9014
 עַל (al-)
־
upon
link
Prep. Preposition

 R
H1330
H9016
 בְּתוּלָֽה (betolah)
׃
virgin
verseEnd
Noun Noun
♀ sing. feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncfsa

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