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

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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.

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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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