Job 31:22
Let, my shoulder, from the shoulder-blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
23For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.
Cross References
Job 31:10Let my wife, grind to another, and, over her, let others bend!
Job 38:15That their light may be withdrawn from the lawless, and, the lofty arm, be shivered.
Psalms 137:6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee! if I do not lift up Jerusalem above the head of mine own gladness.
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 →