Job 31:22
Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, and mine arme be broken from the bone.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
23For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes.
Cross References
Job 31:10Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:
Job 38:15And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.
Psalms 137:6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth: yea, if I preferre not Ierusalem to my chiefe ioy.
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 →