Job 31:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”
Job 31:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 31:21 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 31:21 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 31:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;”
Job 31:21 — World English Bible
Job 31:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate: ”
Job 31:21 — American Standard Version
Job 31:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in <FI>him<Fi> the gate of my court,”
Job 31:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 31:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate: ”
Job 31:21 — Darby Translation
Job 31:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,”
Job 31:21 — Geneva Bible
Job 31:21 in Context — Job 31
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
What Does Job 31:21 Mean?
Job 31:21 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 31. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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