Verse 2
Job 31:2
Noah Webster Bible
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For what portion of God (Elohim) is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/מֶ֤ה חֵ֣לֶק אֱל֣וֹהַּ מִ/מָּ֑עַל וְֽ/נַחֲלַ֥ת שַׁ֝דַּ֗י מִ/מְּרֹמִֽים
English Translation
What portion is God's from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from the heights?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 31 Context
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I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
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For what portion of God (Elohim) is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on h...
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Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
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Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
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If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
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Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God (Elohim) may know my integrity.
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If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot hath cleav...
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Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.
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If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
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Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.
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For this is a hainous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
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For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
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If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me;
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What then shall I do when God (Elohim) riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
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Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;
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(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother...
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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If his loins have not blessed me, and if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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Then let my arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
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For destruction from God (Elohim) was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endu...
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If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
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If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gained much;
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If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
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And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
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This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God (Elohim) th...
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If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted up myself when evil found...
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Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
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If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
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The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler.
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If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:
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Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and w...
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Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is , that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adv...
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Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
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I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.
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If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise complain;
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If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:
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Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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