Job 31:22

If I have done these things, then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, 1 and let my arm be broken from its joint. 1

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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 fatherless people 1 because I saw my support in the city gate, 1 then bring charges against me! 1

23For I dreaded destruction from God; 1 because of his majesty, I was not able to do those things. 1

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Cross References

Job 31:10then let my wife grind grain for another, 1 and let others bow down on her. 1

Job 38:15From wicked people their 'light' is taken away; 1 their uplifted arm is broken. 1

Psalms 137:6Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth 1 if I think about you no more, 1 if I do not prefer Jerusalem 1 more than my greatest delights. 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 →

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