Job 31:2
And what then would have been my portion of God from above? and what lot of the Almighty from on high?
Leeser Tanakh
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
1A covenant had I made with my eyes: how then should I fix my look on a virgin?
3Is not calamity [ready] for the unjust? and misfortune for the wrong-doers?
Cross References
Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the portion of tyrants, which they shall 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 →