Job 31:2

For what chelek of Eloah is there from above? 1 And what nachalah of Shaddai from on high? 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 brit (covenant) with mine eyes; 1 how then look I upon a betulah? 1

3Is not destruction to the wicked? 1 And a disaster to the poalei aven (workers of wrong)? 1

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Cross References

Job 27:13This is the chelek (lot) of the adam rasha with El and the nachalah of oppressors, 1 which they shall receive from Shaddai. 1

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 →

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