King James Version (KJV)

Job 31:22

“[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.”

Verse in context — Job 31

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.

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;

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.