Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And what the portion of God from above? and the inheritance of the Almighty from the heights?
New American Standard Bible
Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
King James Version
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Holman Bible
or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
International Standard Version
What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high,
A Conservative Version
For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
American Standard Version
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Amplified
“For what is the portion I would have from God above,
And what 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?
Darby Translation
For what would have been my portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
King James 2000
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And what [is] the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?
Modern King James verseion
For what is the portion from God above? And what is the inheritance from the Almighty on high?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For how great a portion shall I have of God from above? And what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
NET Bible
What then would be one's lot from God above, one's heritage from the Almighty on high?
New Heart English Bible
For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from Shaddai on high?
The Emphasized Bible
Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Webster
For what portion of God is there from above? and what 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?
Youngs Literal Translation
And what is the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
Interlinear
Cheleq
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
1 I cut out a covenant for mine eyes; and why shall I show myself attentive to a virgin? 2 And what the portion of God from above? and the inheritance of the Almighty from the heights? 3 Is not destruction to the evil one? and strangeness to those working iniquity?
Cross References
Job 20:29
This the portion of an unjust man and the lot of his command from God.
Job 27:13
This the portion of an unjust man with God, and the inheritance of the terrible they shall take from the Almighty.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage honoured in all, and the bed unpolluted: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.