Job 31:22
then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
Majority Standard Bible
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 have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
Cross References
Job 31:10then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
Job 38:15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
Psalms 137:6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as 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 →