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Literal Standard Version

Job 31:2

And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fear of God;   Integrity;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 12;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For what portion would I have from God above,or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
Hebrew Names Version
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from Shaddai on high?
King James Version
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
English Standard Version
What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
New Century Version
What has God above promised for people? What has the Almighty planned from on high?
New English Translation
What then would be one's lot from God above, one's heritage from the Almighty on high?
Amplified Bible
"For what is the portion I would have from God above, And what heritage from the Almighty on high?
New American Standard Bible
"And what is the portion of God from above, Or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
World English Bible
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Geneva Bible (1587)
For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
Legacy Standard Bible
And what is the portion of God from aboveOr the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Berean Standard Bible
For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Contemporary English Version
God All-Powerful punishes men who do that.
Complete Jewish Bible
"What share does God give from above? What is the heritage from Shaddai on high?
Darby Translation
For what would have been [my] portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
Easy-to-Read Version
What does God above have for us? How does God All-Powerful repay people from his home high in heaven?
George Lamsa Translation
For what portion would I have then from God who is above, and what heritage from the Almighty who is on high?
Good News Translation
What does Almighty God do to us? How does he repay human deeds?
Lexham English Bible
And what is the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?
Literal Translation
For what is the portion from God above? And what is the legacy from the Almighty on high?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For how greate a porcio shal I haue of God fro aboue? & what enheritauce fro ye Almightie on hie?
American Standard Version
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Bible in Basic English
For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
King James Version (1611)
For what portion of God is there from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For how great a portion shall I haue of God? and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?
English Revised Version
For what is the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For what part schulde God aboue haue in me, and eritage Almyyti God of hiye thingis?
Update Bible Version
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Webster's Bible Translation
For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
New King James Version
For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
New Living Translation
For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?
New Life Bible
What would be my share from God above? What would my gift be from the All-powerful on high?
New Revised Standard
What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Douay-Rheims Bible
For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
Revised Standard Version
What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
Young's Literal Translation
And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And what is the portion of God from above Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

Contextual Overview

1"I made a covenant for my eyes, || And how do I attend to a virgin? 2And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?3Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity? 4Does He not see my ways, || And number all my steps? 5If I have walked with vanity, || And my foot hurries to deceit, 6He weighs me in righteous balances, || And God knows my integrity. 7If my step turns aside from the way, || And my heart has gone after my eyes, || And blemish has cleaved to my hands, 8Let me sow—and another eat, || And let my products be rooted out.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 20:29, Job 27:13, Hebrews 13:4

Reciprocal: Job 35:3 - what advantage

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
and to Cain and to his present He has not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.
Genesis 30:27
And Laban says to him, "Now if I have found grace in your eyes—I have observed diligently that YHWH blesses me for your sake."
Genesis 31:9
and God takes away the substance of your father, and gives to me.
Genesis 31:11
and the Messenger of God says to me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here I [am].
Exodus 4:10
And Moses says to YHWH, "O my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Your speaking to Your servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of tongue."
Deuteronomy 19:4
And this [is] the matter of the manslayer who flees there, and has lived: he who strikes his neighbor unknowingly, and is not hating him before—
Deuteronomy 28:54
The man who is tender in you, and who [is] very delicate—his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaves,
1 Samuel 19:7
And Jonathan calls for David, and Jonathan declares all these words to him, and Jonathan brings in David to Saul, and he is before him as before.
Daniel 3:19
Then Nebuchadnezzar has been full of fury, and the expression of his face has been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times above that which it is seen to be heated;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For what portion of God [is there] from above?.... What good portion, as the Targum paraphrases it, can impure persons expect from God? such who indulge themselves, and live in the sin of uncleanness, cannot hope to have any part in God, or a portion of good things from him; he is above, and in the highest heavens, and every good thing comes from thence, and from him there; and particularly the spiritual blessings, wherewith he blesses his people, are in heavenly places in Christ, and from thence come to them; and here a special respect may be had to God himself, who is the portion of his people, both in life and at death, and to all eternity; but men that live a vicious course of life cannot conclude they have any part in God and Christ, nor in the grace of God, and the blessings of it, nor enjoy communion with him:

and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high? heaven is an inheritance which belongs to the children of God, and he, as their heavenly Father, has bequeathed it unto then; this is from the almighty God, God all sufficient; he has chosen this inheritance for them, and appointed them unto it; this is laid up by him and reserved in heaven for them; and he gives both a right unto it, and a meetness for it, and will put them into the possession of it: but then impure persons, as fornicators and adulterers, have no inheritance in the kingdom of God and of Christ, Ephesians 5:5; and this was a reason with Job, and what had an influence on him, to be careful to avoid the sin of uncleanness. Some understand the words as a question concerning what would be the portion and heritage of a wicked man, a corrupter of virgins; the answer to which is given in the next verse, destruction and a strange punishment; this is their portion from God, and the heritage appointed to them by him; see Job 20:29.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For what portion of God is there from above? - Or, rather, “What portion should I then have from God who reigns above?” Job asks with emphasis, what portion or reward he should expect from God who reigns on high, if he had not made such a covenant with his eyes, and if he had given the reins to loose and wanton thoughts? This question he himself answers in the following verse, and says, that he could have expected only destruction from the Almighty.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 31:2. For what portion of God is there from above? — Though I have not, in this or in any other respect, wickedly departed from God, yet what reward have I received?


 
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