Is this verse saying that a man can't desire to have a virgin wife?
I've read som Judeo commentaries on this verse and, of course, in typical Judeo fashion they believe that this verse is talking about a "thought crime" (men can't even as much as look at virgin with the intent to have her as a wife).. I have even read that some feminists within the Judeo churches are using this verse to shame men who want to have a virgin wife with language like, "see there! You are not supposed to be a man-pig who shames women and their sexuality".
If Job is saying that he can't even look at a virgin wouldn't that contradict the Mosaic Law? Levitical priests were not even allowed to marry women who were not virgins,
"A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife." (Lev 21:14)
Here's the verse from Job 31:1 "I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?"
This verse in Sirach 9:5 is pretty similar too "Don't look too intently at a virgin, or you may find yourself forced to pay a bride price."
So what is the meaning of these verses?