Job 31:20 · KJV
“If his loins have not blessed me, and {if} he were {not} warmed with the fleece of my sheep;”
— Job 31:20
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Job 31 — Context
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as {with} a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) {her: that is, the widow}
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20If his loins have not blessed me, and {if} he were {not} warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21If 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. {bone: or, chanelbone}
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:13
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
Job 29:11
When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me: