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Job 31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

KJV

si levavi super pupillum manum meam, etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem :

Vulgate

εἰ ἐπῆρα ὀρφανῷ χεῖρα, πεποιθὼς ὅτι πολλή μοι βοήθεια περίεστιν,

LXX

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

ASV

אִם הֲנִיפ֣וֹתִי עַל יָת֣וֹם יָדִ֑/י כִּֽי אֶרְאֶ֥ה בַ֝/שַּׁ֗עַר עֶזְרָתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
הֵנִ֥יף
hnyp
verb · 36×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
noun · 22×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יָּת֥וֹם
ytvm
noun · 42×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • Job 22:9 — Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
  • Job 22:9 — Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
  • Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
  • Num 5:22 — And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
  • Prov 14:16 — A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
  • Prov 22:22 — Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • Prov 23:10 — Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
  • Prov 29:7 — The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.