Job’s Final Appeal

Job 31:20

In 11 translations

BSB: if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me
KJV: If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
WEB: if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
ASV: If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
LSV: If his loins have not blessed me, || And from the fleece of my sheep || He does not warm himself,
YLT: If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,
DBY: If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
DRC: If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:
GNV: If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe,
JPS: If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
LXXE: and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

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Written (Ketiv): חֲלָצוֹ (“loin his”). Read aloud (Qere): חֲלָצָ֑יו (“loins his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Leningrad Codex reads חֲלָצָ֑ו; read aloud (Qere) reads חֲלָצָ֑יו (“loins his”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC: אִם־לֹ֣א בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי חלצו וּמִגֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃Read aloud as (qere): חֲלָצָ֑יו
LXX-Br: Ἀδύνατοι δὲ εἰ μὴ εὐλόγησάν με, ἀπὸ δὲ κουρᾶς ἀμνῶν μοῦ ἐθερμάνθησαν οἱ ὦμοι αὐτῶν·

Who and where

◆ Job's Trial

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Fleece Wool Charm Afflicted, Duty toward the Idolatry Beneficence Loins Dress Integrity Love to Man

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Cross-references most cited first

Deuteronomy 24:13be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
Job 29:11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

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