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Job 31:1 — King James Version← Study notes

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?


Job 31:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 31:17 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ֭רִיתbəriyt
confederacynounH1285
feder · covenant · league
כָּרַ֣תִּיkāratiy
be chewedverbH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
לְ/עֵינָ֑/יləʿēynāy
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וּ/מָ֥הwmāh
how (longconjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ןʾetəbwōnēn
attendverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
בְּתוּלָֽהbətwlāh
maidnounH1330
virgin
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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