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Job 31:21
If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
Job 31:21 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
Job 31:21 in other translations
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
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In context
18 Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:
19 If I saw one perishing for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20 If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;
21 If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
22 Let, my shoulder, from the shoulder-blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;
23 For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.
24 If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence!
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