Job 31:2
For what portion should God from above hold for me, and what inheritance should the Almighty from on high keep?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
In Context
1I reached an agreement with my eyes, that I would not so much as think about a virgin.
3Is not destruction held for the wicked and repudiation kept for those who work injustice?
Cross References
Job 27:13This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:2-9
Job's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath… Read the whole commentary →