Job 31:1

Verse 1. I made. Job is compelled to proclaim his own praises, for his vindication, as Saint Paul was, being at the same time convinced that he had only done his duty. Luk. 17:10. This is the third part of his discourse. Having given a picture of his prosperous and of his miserable condition, he observes that the latter was not inflicted in consequence of any misconduct, since he had always been attentive to avoid ( Calmet.) the most remote danger of offending God, or his neighbour. Bible.—That I. Hebrew “for why should I think upon a virgin?” Bible.—Why should I expose myself, ( Calmet.) by indiscreet looks, ( Bible.) since the passage from the eye to the heart is so easy. Eccles. 2:10. Menochius.—In the warfare between the flesh and the spirit, Job deemed this precaution necessary, ( Worthington.) and was thus preserved from carnal thoughts. Saint Gregory xx. 2.