Job 31:21 · KJV
“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”
— Job 31:21
If his loins have not blessed me, and {if} he were {not} warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
{Then} let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. {bone: or, chanelbone}
Job 31 — Context
If 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}
23For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Cross References
Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.
Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge {asketh} for a reward; and the great {man}, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. {his...: Heb. the mischief of his soul}
Job 6:27
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig {a pit} for your friend. {ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon}
Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. {oppression: or, deceit}
Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Proverbs 23:10-11
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: {landmark: or, bound}