Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then let my shoulder fall away from its socket,
And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
New American Standard Bible
And my
King James Version
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Holman Bible
and my arm be pulled from its socket.
International Standard Version
then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.
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.
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.
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » Job
Love to man » Should be exhibited in » Visiting the sick, &c
Interlinear
Katheph
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
21
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.
“For tragedy from God is a terror to me,
And because of His majesty and exaltation I can do nothing [nor endure facing Him].
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Joshua 22:22-23
“The Mighty One, God, the Lord, the Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows, and may Israel itself know. If it was in rebellion, or if in an unfaithful act against the Lord, do not save us this day!
Job 31:10
Let my wife grind [meal, like a bond slave] for another [man],
And let others
Job 31:40
Let thorns grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed and cockleburs instead of barley.”
So the words of Job [with his friends] are finished.
Job 38:15
“Their light is withheld from the wicked,
And the uplifted arm is broken.
Psalm 7:4-5
If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or without cause robbed him who was my enemy,
Psalm 137:6
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not prefer Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.