the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Job 31:2
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For what portion would I have from God above,or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from Shaddai on high?
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
What has God above promised for people? What has the Almighty planned from on high?
What then would be one's lot from God above, one's heritage from the Almighty on high?
"For what is the portion I would have from God above, And what heritage from the Almighty on high?
"And what is the portion of God from above, Or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
And what is the portion of God from aboveOr the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
God All-Powerful punishes men who do that.
"What share does God give from above? What is the heritage from Shaddai on high?
For what would have been [my] portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
What does God above have for us? How does God All-Powerful repay people from his home high in heaven?
For what portion would I have then from God who is above, and what heritage from the Almighty who is on high?
What does Almighty God do to us? How does he repay human deeds?
And what is the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?
For what is the portion from God above? And what is the legacy from the Almighty on high?
For how greate a porcio shal I haue of God fro aboue? & what enheritauce fro ye Almightie on hie?
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?
For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
For what portion of God is there from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
For how great a portion shall I haue of God? and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye?
Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?
For what is the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
For what part schulde God aboue haue in me, and eritage Almyyti God of hiye thingis?
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?
What would be my share from God above? What would my gift be from the All-powerful on high?
What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
"And what is the portion of God from above Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
Contextual Overview
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
Laban said, "If you please, I have learned through divine inquiry that God has blessed me because of you." He went on, "So name your wages. I'll pay you."
Moses raised another objection to God : "Master, please, I don't talk well. I've never been good with words, neither before nor after you spoke to me. I stutter and stammer."
This is the guideline for the murderer who flees there to take refuge: He has to have killed his neighbor without premeditation and with no history of bad blood between them. For instance, a man goes with his neighbor into the woods to cut a tree; he swings the ax, the head slips off the handle and hits his neighbor, killing him. He may then flee to one of these cities and save his life. If the city is too far away, the avenger of blood racing in hot-blooded pursuit might catch him since it's such a long distance, and kill him even though he didn't deserve it. It wasn't his fault. There was no history of hatred between them. Therefore I command you: Set aside the three cities for yourselves.
Jonathan sent for David and reported to him everything that was said. Then he brought David back to Saul and everything was as it was before.
Nebuchadnezzar, his face purple with anger, cut off Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace fired up seven times hotter than usual. He ordered some strong men from the army to tie them up, hands and feet, and throw them into the roaring furnace. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, bound hand and foot, fully dressed from head to toe, were pitched into the roaring fire. Because the king was in such a hurry and the furnace was so hot, flames from the furnace killed the men who carried Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to it, while the fire raged around Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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?
