Job 31:2
For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?
3Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?
Cross References
Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receiue of the Almightie.
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 →