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The Book of Job, Chapter 31, Verse 2

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I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
King James Version
For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
American Standard Version
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
New English Translation
What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?
World English Bible
For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
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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 may know mine integrity.
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If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
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[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
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If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
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[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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For this [is] an heinous 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 mine increase.