World English Bible

Job 31:21

“if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,”

Verse in context — Job 31

if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;

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

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.

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