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Job 31:2

Job 31:2
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For what portion of God is there from above?.... What good portion, as the Targum paraphrases it, can impure persons expect from God? such who indulge themselves, and live in the sin of uncleanness,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For what portion of God is there from above? - Or, rather, “What portion should I then have from God who reigns above?” Job asks with emphasis, what portion or reward he should expect from God who…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 31:1-8

The lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world, are the two fatal rocks on which multitudes split; against these Job protests he was always careful to stand upon his guard.

I. Against the lusts of…

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