New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 31:15-22

15Did not 1He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb?

16“If I have kept 2the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of 3the widow to fail,17Or have 4eaten my morsel alone, And 5the orphan has not 6shared it18(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from 7infancy I guided her),19If I have seen anyone perish 8for lack of clothing, Or that 9the needy had no covering,20If his loins have not 10thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,21If I have lifted up my hand against 11the orphan, Because I saw 12I had support 13in the gate,22Let my shoulder fall from the 14socket, And my 15arm be broken off 16at the elbow.

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Notes

1. Job 31:15 Job 10:3 ↩
2. Job 31:16 Job 5:16; 20:19 ↩
3. Job 31:16 Ex 22:22-24; Job 22:9 ↩
4. Job 31:17 Job 22:7 ↩
5. Job 31:17 Job 29:12 ↩
6. Job 31:17 Lit eaten from it ↩
7. Job 31:18 Lit my mother’s womb ↩
8. Job 31:19 Job 22:6; 29:13 ↩
9. Job 31:19 Job 24:4 ↩
10. Job 31:20 Lit blessed ↩
11. Job 31:21 Job 29:12; 31:17 ↩
12. Job 31:21 Lit my help ↩
13. Job 31:21 Job 29:7 ↩
14. Job 31:22 Lit shoulder; or back ↩
15. Job 31:22 Job 38:15 ↩
16. Job 31:22 Lit from the bone of the upper arm ↩

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