Job 31:20 — Meaning and Application

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as {with} a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) {her: that is, the widow}

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

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:

{Then} let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. {bone: or, chanelbone}