King James Version
Job 31:2 in the King James Version says “For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?” — study this verse from Job chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?”
Job 31:2 · KJV
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“is there from above”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
“and what inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
“from on high”
H4791altitude, i.e., concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
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