21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:


In Context

18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

20 If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

23 For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

Job 31:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:21If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:21If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in him the gate of my court,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: