Job 31:2
For what would have been [my] portion of God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
Darby Translation
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 made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?
3Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?
Cross References
Job 27:13This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they 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 →