Job 31:2
1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
4 Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
- KJV
- For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
- WEB
- For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
- ASV
- For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
- DARBY
- For what would have been [my] portion of God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
- BLB
- For what would be the portion of God from above, and the inheritance of Shaddai in the heights?
- ÅB
- Hva lodd ville jeg ellers få av Gud i himmelen, eller hva arv av den Allmektige i det høye?
- OTB
- Og hva er den del som Gud gir ovenfra,
Eller arven fra Den Allmektige i det høye? - B1930
- Hvad lodd vilde jeg ellers få av Gud i himmelen, eller hvad arv av den Allmektige i det høie?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 20:29
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
Read in contextJob 27:13
This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
Read in contextHebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Read in context