Job 31:22 — Meaning and Application

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.

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, {Thou art} my confidence;