Job 31:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.”
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BSBPD
“then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 31:22 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 22:22“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
- Job 31:10then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
- Job 31:40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
- Job 38:15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
- Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
- Psalms 137:6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
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