For what portion of God is there from above? - Or, rather, “What portion should I then have from God who reigns above?” Job asks wi…

What portion of God is there from above? — Compare the remonstrance of Joseph (Genesis 39:9).

For what portion of God [is there] from above ?
&c.] What good portion, as the Targum paraphrases it, can impure per…

Job did not speak the things here recorded by way of boasting, but in answer to the charge of hypocrisy. He understood the spiritual nature of God'…

After Job recounted his former prosperity (Job 29) and his subsequent hardship (Job 30), he now demonstrates his innocence …