King James Version
Job 31:22 in the King James Version says “Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. bone: or, chanelbone” — study this verse from Job chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. bone: or, chanelbone”
Job 31:22 · KJV
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. bone: or, chanelbone
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then let mine arm”
H3802the shoulder (proper, i.e., upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythi
“fall”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“from the bone”
H7070a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
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