Job 31:2
For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
3Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
Cross References
Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of 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 →