Job 31:22 · KJV
“{Then} let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. {bone: or, chanelbone}”
— Job 31:22
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Job 31 — Context
If 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.
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, {Thou art} my confidence;
Cross References
Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. {cockle: or, noisome weeds}
Job 38:15
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Job 31:10
{Then} let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Joshua 22:22-23
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if {it be} in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
Psalms 7:4-5
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Psalms 137:6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. {my chief...: Heb. the head of my joy}