Job 31 · Verse 22

Job 31:22

Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Job 31:22, King James Version

Job 31:22 in other translations

BSBthen may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
WEBthen let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
ASVThen let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
YLTMy shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.
DARBYThen let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!
BBEMay my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
WebsterThen let my arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

What does Job 31:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 31:13-23

13-23. Job affirms his freedom from unfairness towards his servants, from harshness and oppression towards the needy. despise the cause--refused to do them justice.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Let mine arm fall - Mr. Good, as a medical man, is at home in the translation of this verse: - "May my shoulder-bone be shivered at the blade, And mine arm be broken off at the socket." Let judgment fall particularly on those parts which have either done wrong, or refused to do right when in their power.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 31:16-23

Job's conscience gave testimony concerning his just and charitable behaviour toward the poor. He is most large upon this head, because in this matter he was particularly accused. He was tender of all, and hurtful to none. Notice the principles by which Job was restrained from being uncharitable and unmerciful. He stood in awe of the Lord, as certainly against him, if he should wrong the poor. Regard to worldly…

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Job 31:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כְּ֭תֵפִיKe.te.fishoulder myH3802
מִשִּׁכְמָ֣הmi.shikh.Mahfrom its shoulder <towards>H7929
תִפּ֑וֹלti.Pollet it fallH5307
וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗יve.'ez.ro.'Iand arm myH248
מִקָּנָ֥הmi.ka.Nahfrom arm itsH7070
תִשָּׁבֵֽר\׃ti.sha.Verlet it be brokenH7665

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 31:22

  • Job 31:40

    Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

  • Job 31:10

    Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

  • Psalms 137:6

    If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

  • Job 38:15

    And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

  • Joshua 22:22-23

    The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,) That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it;

  • Psalms 7:4-5

    If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
let.
10,40; Jos 22:22,23; Ps 7:4,5; 137:6
bone. or, chanel bone.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 31:21

    If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

  • Job 31:22

    Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

  • Job 31:23

    For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

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Job 31:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mi espalda se caiga de mi hombro, y mi brazo sea quebrado de mi canilla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que mon épaule se démette de sa jointure, et que mon bras cassé se détache de l’os!
German
Elberfelder 1871		so falle meine Schulter aus ihrem Blatt, und mein Arm werde abgebrochen von der Röhre!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur.