Job 31:1
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh
a female slave (as a member of the household)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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