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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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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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