Job 31:2
Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, I solemnised for mine eyes,—How then could I gaze upon a virgin?
3Is there not calamity, for the perverse? and misfortune, for the workers of iniquity?
Cross References
Job 27:13This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants—from the Almighty, he shall receive.
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 →