Job 31:2

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Job 31:2


← Job 31:1 Job 31:2 (KJV) Job 31:3 →
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?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For what portionH2506 of GodH433 is there from aboveH4605? and what inheritanceH5159 of the AlmightyH7706 from on highH4791?


Original Hebrew

וּמֶה ׀ חֵלֶק אֱלֹוהַּ מִמָּעַל וְנַחֲלַת שַׁדַּי מִמְּרֹמִים׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וּ/מֶ֤ה
u./Meh H4100 HC/Ti and/ what?
חֵ֣לֶק
Che.lek H2506 HNcmsc (is) (the) portion of
אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'e.Lo.ah H433 HNcmsa God
מִ/מָּ֑עַל
mi./Ma.'al H4605 HR/D (from)/ above
וְֽ/נַחֲלַ֥ת
ve./na.cha.Lat H5159 HC/Ncfsc and/ (the) inheritance of
שַׁ֝דַּ֗י
Sha.Dai H7706 HNp (the) Almighty
מִ/מְּרֹמִֽים
mi./me.ro.Mim H4791 HR/Ncmpa from/ high places
Strong's References
  • H433 — אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh, el-o'-ah): rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ (ʼĕlôahh); probably prolonged (emphatic) from אֵל (ʼêl) H410; a deity or the Deity; God, god. See אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym) H430.
  • H2506 — חֵלֶק (chêleq, khay'lek): from חָלַק (châlaq) H2505; properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment; flattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.
  • H4605 — מַעַל (maʻal, mah'al): from עָלָה (ʻâlâh) H5927; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.; above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
  • H4791 — מָרוֹם (mârôwm, maw-rome'): from רוּם (rûwm) H7311; altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)); (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
  • H5159 — נַחֲלָה (nachălâh, nakh-al-aw'): from נָחַל (nâchal) H5157 (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion; heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare נַחַל (nachal) H5158.
  • H7706 — שַׁדַּי (Shadday, shad-dah'-ee): from שָׁדַד (shâdad) H7703; the Almighty; Almighty.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה (mah); or מָ (mâ); or מַ (ma); also מֶה (meh); a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): Job 35:3

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