In Context

18 (For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother's womb;)

19 If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

21 If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, 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 was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.

Job 31:21 in Other Translations