Job 31:22

May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

In Context

21If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

23For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

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Cross References

Job 31:10Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

Job 38:15And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

Psalms 137:6If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24

Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →

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