Job 31:2
For what is the portion appointed by God from above, And the inheritance allotted by the Almighty from on high?
Noyes Bible
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 could I gaze upon a maid?
3Is not destruction for the wicked, And ruin for the workers of iniquity?
Cross References
Job 27:13This is the portion of the wicked man from God,—The inheritance which oppressors 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 →