Job 31:2
And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
Literal Standard 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
1“I made a covenant for my eyes, || And how do I attend to a virgin?
3Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
Cross References
Job 27:13This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, || And the inheritance of terrible ones || They receive from the Mighty.
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 →