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description: "\"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,\" — Read Job 31:21-23 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## Job 31:21-23 in Context (Verses 18–26 KJV)
 
 [18 ](/kjv/job/31/18) (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as *with* a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)*
 
 [19 ](/kjv/job/31/19) If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
 
 [20 ](/kjv/job/31/20) If his loins have not blessed me, and *if* he were *not* warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
 
 [21 ](/kjv/job/31/21) If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
 
 [22 ](/kjv/job/31/22) *Then* let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.*
 
 [23 ](/kjv/job/31/23) For destruction *from* God *was* a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/job/31/24) If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, *Thou art* my confidence;
 
 [25 ](/kjv/job/31/25) If I rejoiced because my wealth *was* great, and because mine hand had gotten much;*
 
 [26 ](/kjv/job/31/26) If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking *in* brightness;**
 
[Job 30](/kjv/job/30) [Job 32](/kjv/job/32)

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