Job’s Final Appeal
Job 31:2
In 11 translations
- 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?
- LSV
- And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
- YLT
- And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
- DBY
- For what would have been [my] portion of God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?Eloah
- DRC
- For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
- GNV
- For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
- JPS
- For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
- LXXE
- Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וּמֶ֤ה ׀ חֵ֣לֶק אֱל֣וֹהַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת שַׁ֝דַּ֗י מִמְּרֹמִֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ τί ἐμέρισεν ὁ Θεὸς ἄνωθεν, καὶ κληρονομία ἱκανοῦ ἐξ ὑψίστων;
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Cross-references most cited first
- Job 20:29This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
- Job 27:13This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
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