Job 31:21
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;
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
- KJV
- If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
- WEB
- if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
- ASV
- If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
- DARBY
- If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:
- BLB
- if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help at the gate,
- ÅB
- Har jeg løftet min hånd mot den farløse, fordi jeg var sikker på å få medhold i retten?
- OTB
- Hvis jeg har løftet min hånd mot den foreldreløse,
Fordi jeg så jeg hadde støtte ved porten, - B1930
- Har jeg løftet min hånd mot den farløse, fordi jeg var viss på å få medhold i retten?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Read in contextJob 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Read in contextEzekiel 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.
Read in contextMicah 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextJob 6:27
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Read in contextProverbs 23:10–11
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Read in contextJob 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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