Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Job 31:1-40)
Job proceeds to prove that he deserved a better lot. As in the twenty-ninth chapter, he showed his uprightness as an emir, or magistrate in public life, so in this chapter he vindicates his character in private life.
He asserts his guarding against being allured to sin by his senses.
think—rather, "cast a (lustful) look." He not merely did not so, but put it out of the question by covenanting with his eyes against leading him into temptation (Proverbs 6:25; Matthew 5:28).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 31:1:
Ezekiel 18:6
1 Corinthians 6:18
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