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Job 31:2
2Anyone who does that should expect God to punish them. Almighty God in heaven above punishes people who do wrong things.
Job 31:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
- New International Version (NIV)For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?
- English Standard Version (ESV)What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
- New King James Version (NKJV)For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Context of Job 31:2
1‘I have made a promise with myself about how I look at young women. I will never think that I want to have sex with them. Anyone who does that should expect God to punish them. Almighty God in heaven above punishes people who do wrong things. 3He sends trouble to people who do wicked things. He punishes those people who do evil things. 4God sees all the things that I do. He carefully watches how I live my life.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:2 word by word
וּמֶ֤ה׀ חֵ֣לֶק אֱל֣וֹהַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת שַׁ֝דַּ֗י מִמְּרֹמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:2
- Job 20:29That is how God punishes wicked people. God has decided to punish them as they deserve.’
- Job 27:13I will tell you what Almighty God does to wicked people. He punishes cruel people as they deserve.
- Hebrews 13:4When a man and a woman have married each other, they must each respect the marriage. Husbands and wives must only have sex with each other. God will punish anyone who has sex with another person's husband or wife. He will punish anyone who has sex in a wrong way.
Commentaries on Job 31:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For 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?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For 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.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40Job called down wrong against himself (curses) if he was guilty of the accusations against him. Apart from mentioning idolatry (worship of false gods), Job spoke about how loyal he was to God by focusing on the second half of the Ten Commandments (31:26–27). The summary of these is: “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-40Job 31:1-40. 1. Job proceeds to prove that he deserved a better lot. As in the twenty-ninth chapter, he showed his uprightness as an emir, or magistrate in public life, so in this chapter he vindicates his character in private life. 1-4. He asserts his guarding against being allured to sin by his senses. think--rather, "cast a (lustful) look." He not merely did not so, but put it out of the question by covenanting with his eyes against leading him into…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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