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Job’s Final Appeal

Job 31:22

In 11 translations

BSB
then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
KJV
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.bone: or, chanelbone
WEB
then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
ASV
Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
LSV
Let my shoulder fall from its blade, || And the bone from my arm be broken.
YLT
My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.
DBY
[Then] let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!
DRC
Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
GNV
Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, and mine arme be broken from the bone.
JPS
Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
LXXE
let then my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כְּ֭תֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָ֣ה תִפּ֑וֹל וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י מִקָּנָ֥ה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃
LXX-Br
Ἀποσταίη ἄρα ὁ ὦμός μου ἀπὸ τῆς κλειδός, ὁ δὲ βραχίων μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγκῶνος συντριβείη.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 7:4–5if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
  • Joshua 22:22–23“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. If we have built for…
  • Job 38:15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
  • 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.
  • 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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