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The Book of Job, Chapter 31, Verse 1

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31
My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
King James Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
American Standard Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
New English Translation
Job Vindicates Himself“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?
World English Bible
"I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
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For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
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[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
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Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
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If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
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Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
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If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
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[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
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If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
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[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.