Job 31:22
Let then my shoulder start from the bladebone, 1 And my arm be crushed off from the elbow. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 lifted my hand against an orphan, 1 Trusting that my strength was far superior to his: 1
23For the fear of the Lord constrained me, 1 And I cannot bear up by reason of his burden. 1
Cross References
Job 31:10Then let my wife also please another, 1 And let my children be brought low. 1
Job 38:15And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, 1 And crushed the arm of the proud? 1
Psalms 137:6For the Lord is high, and yet regards the lowly; 1 And he knows high things from afar off. 1
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 →