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Job Chapter 31 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Job 31:2

For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
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BBE Job 31:2

For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?
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DARBY Job 31:2

For what would have been [my] portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
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KJV Job 31:2

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
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WBT Job 31:2

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
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WEB Job 31:2

For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
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YLT Job 31:2

And what `is' the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - For what portion of God is there from above? The meaning seems to be, "For what portion in God would there be to me from above, if I were so to act?" i.e. if I were secretly to nurse and indulge my lusts. Impurity, perhaps, more than any other sin, cuts off from God, who is "of purer eyes than to behold iniquity" (Habakkuk 1:13). And what inheritance of the Almighty from on high! What should I inherit, i.e. what should I receive, from on high, if I were so sinful? The next verse gives the answer,

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) What portion of God is there from above?--Comp. the remonstrance of Joseph (Genesis 39:9).