Job 31:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes,––How then could I gaze upon a virgin?

² that, the sons of God, saw, the daughters of men, that they were, fair,––so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose.

² And it came to pass that, at eventide, David arose from his couch, and walked to and fro on the roof of the king’s house, when, from the roof, he saw a woman bathing herself,––the woman being exceeding beautiful to look upon. ³ And David sent and enquired after the woman,––and one said––Is not, this, Bath–sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite? ⁴ And David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness,––and she returned unto her own house.

³⁷ Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.

²⁵ Let, thine eyes, right onward, look,––and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.

²⁵ Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

³¹ Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly. ³² Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting. ³³ Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:

²⁸ But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart. ²⁹ And, if, thy right eye, is causing thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee,––for it profiteth thee, that, one of thy members, should perish, and not, thy whole body, be cast into gehenna.

¹⁴ But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed, ¹⁵ Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full–grown, bringeth forth death.

¹⁶ Because, all that is in the world––the coveting of the flesh, the coveting of the eyes, and the vain grandeur of life––is not of the Father, but is, of the world;