“If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;”
If my heart has been enticed by a woman and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door, addressing the specific sin of adultery and the conspiracy to commit it, establishing that Job claims not to have been so enticed or to have engaged in such plotting. The enticement of the heart suggests being drawn into lustful desire. The lying in wait suggests premeditated pursuit. The verse establishes that Job claims freedom from the specific sin of sexual misconduct.
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