Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.

New American Standard Bible

Let my shoulder fall from the socket,
And my arm be broken off at the elbow.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

then let my shoulder blade fall from my back,
and my arm be pulled from its socket.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Then let my shoulder fall away from its socket,
And my arm be broken off at the elbow.

Bible in Basic English

May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

Darby Translation

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

Julia Smith Translation

My shoulder shall fall from its shoulder-blade, and mine, arm shall be broken from the bone.

King James 2000

Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from its socket.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[then] let my shoulder blade fall from [my] shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder, and mine arm holes be broken from the joints.

NET Bible

then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Let, my shoulder, from the shoulder-blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּתף 
Katheph 
Usage: 67

שׁכמה 
Shikmah 
Usage: 1

and mine arm
אזרוע 
'ezrowa` 
arm
Usage: 2

be broken
שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 148

References

Easton

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

21 if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court, 22 then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder. 23 For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur."


Cross References

Joshua 22:22-23

"The God of gods, the LORD, the God of gods, the LORD is the one who knows! And may Israel itself be aware that if this was an act of rebellion or an act of treachery against the LORD, may he not deliver us today!

Job 31:10

then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,

Job 31:40

may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.

Job 38:15

Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken.

Psalm 7:4-5

if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification,

Psalm 137:6

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't consider Jerusalem to be more important than my highest joy.

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