John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:1
I made a covenant with mine eyes ,.... Not to look upon a woman, and wantonly gaze at her beauty, lest his heart should be drawn thereby to lust after her; for the eyes are inlets to many sins, and particularly to uncleanness, of which there have been instances, both in bad men and good men, Genesis 34:2 ; so the poet F20 Musaeus de Heron. & Leand. v. 92, &c.; represents the eye as the way through which the beauty of a woman passes swifter than an arrow into the hearts of... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 31:1-8
The lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world, are the two fatal rocks on which multitudes split; against these Job protests he was always careful to stand upon his guard. I. Against the lusts of the flesh. He not only kept himself clear from adultery, from defiling his neighbour's wives (Job 31:9), but from all lewdness with any women whatsoever. He kept no concubine, no mistress, but was inviolably faithful to the marriage bed, though his wife was none of the wisest, best, or kindest.... read more