Key Verse Spotlight
Job 31:21 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”
Job 31:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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