Job 31:9

Second strophe Job affirms that he has practised righteousness in all the relationships of DOMESTIC life; and at the same time protests, first, with contempt and detestation, that he had never been be-fooled by a woman, and thus led away into adultery; and again, that he had never despised the cause of his servant, whose rights were co-equal with his own in the sight of God, Job 31:9-15.

9. Deceived Enticed or befooled. At the root of the Hebrew lies the idea of simplicity. Compare Job 31:27; Proverbs 7:7; Proverbs 9:4. He now declares himself guiltless of adultery, as he had before of fornication, (Job 31:1.)