Holy Scripture

Job 31:2

A church father on this verse
“Deep affect is tightly united with this verse. Not even at the time, he says, when the sweetness of the harp softened my ears did I allow any lustful feeling to dwell in my heart, even though the sounds tuned with art affected the senses. "I have made a covenant with my eyes." After the search for justice and the feel…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 31:1

Source: Septuagint

Original

2Now what portion has God given from above? And is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?

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1I made a covenant with mine eyes, And I will not think upon a virgin.

— Job 31:2 —

3Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, And rejection to them that do iniquity.

4Will he not see my way, And number all my steps?

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