Job 31:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 31:21 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”
King James Version · Public Domain“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in <FI>him<Fi> the gate of my court,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 31:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 6:27You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
- Job 22:9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- Job 24:9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Psalms 82:3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
- Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).