VERSE STUDY • KJV

Job 31:22

[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

Read it in 5 translations

[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.

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 have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

22 [Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;

25 If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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