Job

Job 31:19–22

¹⁹if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing,

or a needy man without a cloak,

²⁰if his heart has not blessed me^b

for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

²¹if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless

because I saw that I had support in the gate,

²²then may my arm fall from my shoulder

and be torn from its socket.

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I have seen	אֶרְאֶ֣ה	’er·’eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
one perish	א֭וֹבֵד	’ō·w·ḇêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6 perish
for lack	מִבְּלִ֣י	mib·bə·lî	Preposition-m; Adverb	H1097 wearing out
of clothing	לְב֑וּשׁ	lə·ḇūš	Noun - masculine singular	H3830 garment, clothing, raiment
or a needy man	לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃	lā·’eḇ·yō·wn	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H34 in want, needy, poor
without	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
a cloak	כְּ֝ס֗וּת	kə·sūṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H3682 covering

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
his heart	חֲלָצוֹ	ḥă·lå̄·ṣō	Noun - masculine dual construct; third person masculine singular	H2504 loins
has not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
blessed me	בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי	ḇê·ră·ḵū·nî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H1288 kneel, bless
for warming him	יִתְחַמָּֽם׃	yiṯ·ḥam·mām	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2552 be or become warm
with the fleece	וּמִגֵּ֥ז	ū·mig·gêz	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1488 shearing, mowing
of my sheep	כְּ֝בָשַׂי	kə·ḇā·śay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3532 lamb

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I have lifted	הֲנִיפ֣וֹתִי	hă·nî·p̄ō·w·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H5130 move to and fro, wave, besprinkle
up my hand	יָדִ֑י	yā·ḏî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3027 hand
against	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the fatherless	יָת֣וֹם	yā·ṯō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3490 orphan
because	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I saw	אֶרְאֶ֥ה	’er·’eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
that I had support	עֶזְרָתִֽי׃	‘ez·rā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5833 help, succour, assistance
in the gate	בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר	ḇaš·ša·‘ar	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H8179 gate

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
then may my arm	וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י	wə·’ez·rō·‘î	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H248 arm
fall	תִפּ֑וֹל	ṯip·pō·wl	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5307 fall, lie
from my shoulder	מִשִּׁכְמָ֣ה	miš·šiḵ·māh	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H7929 the shoulderbone
and be torn	תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃	ṯiš·šā·ḇêr	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
from its socket	מִקָּנָ֥ה	miq·qā·nāh	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H7070 stalk, reed

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 31:19 Job 22:6 · 1 John 3:18

Job 31:20 Deuteronomy 24:13

Job 31:21 Job 22:9 · Job 29:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.