Parallel Verses
Amplified
If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
New American Standard Bible
Because I saw
King James Version
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Holman Bible
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,
International Standard Version
if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court,
A Conservative Version
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
American Standard Version
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
Bible in Basic English
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
Darby Translation
If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:
Julia Smith Translation
If I lifted up my hand against the orphan when I shall see, my help in the gate:
King James 2000
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw I had help in the gate:
Lexham Expanded Bible
if I have raised my hand against an orphan because I saw my supporters at the gate,
Modern King James verseion
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I watched over my help in the gate;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Did I ever lift up my hand to hurt the fatherless; yea, in the gates where I saw myself to be in authority?
NET Bible
if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,
New Heart English Bible
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
The Emphasized Bible
If I shook - against the fatherless - my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
Webster
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
World English Bible
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
Youngs Literal Translation
If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in him the gate of my court,
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » Job
Love to man » Should be exhibited in » Visiting the sick, &c
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
20
If his loins have not thanked and blessed me [for clothing them],
And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
Then let my shoulder fall away from its socket,
And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
Cross References
Job 22:9
“You have sent widows away empty-handed,
And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 29:12
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
Job 6:27
“You would cast lots (gamble) over the fatherless
And bargain away your friend.
Job 24:9
“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],
And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
Proverbs 23:10-11
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
And do not go into the fields of the fatherless [to take what is theirs],
Jeremiah 5:28
‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),
They
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Micah 2:1-2
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.
Micah 7:3
Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly;
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul.
So they twist the course of justice between them.