“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”
Job 31:21 (KJV) |
Job 31:21
From Job 31, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
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For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.