Job 31:2
For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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; how then should I look upon a maid?
3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Cross References
Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, 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 →