Job 31:22
My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.
Young's Literal Translation
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 waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,
23For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.
Cross References
Job 31:10Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
Job 38:15And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.
Psalms 137:6My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief 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 →