Job 31:22

then let my shoulder be pulled from its joint, my arm wrenched out of its socket.

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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 I raised my hand to hit an orphan, confident that if it came to court the judges would be on my side,

23Since I'm terrified of what punishment God may have in store for me, and because of his majesty, I could never do this.

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Cross References

Job 31:10then let my wife serve another, let other men sleep with her.

Job 38:15The ‘light’ of the wicked is taken away from them; their acts of violence are stopped.

Psalms 137:6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you—if I don't consider Jerusalem my greatest joy.

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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