Job 31:21New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— If I haue lift vp my hand against the fatherlesse, when I saw my helpe in the gate:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless (when I saw him at the door I helped him);
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: |
If
x518 (0518) Complementאִם'im{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
I have lifted up
5130 {5130} Primeנוּףnuwph{noof}
A primitive root; to quiver (that is, vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.).
z8689 <8689> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 2675
my hand
3027 {3027} Primeיָדyad{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
against
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
the fatherless,
3490 {3490} Primeיָתוֹםyathowm{yaw-thome'}
From an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person.
when
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
I saw
7200 {7200} Primeרָאָהra'ah{raw-aw'}
A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitively, intransitively and causatively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
my help
5833
in the gate:
8179 {8179} Primeשַׁעַרsha`ar{shah'-ar}
From H8176 in its original sense; an opening, that is, door or gate. |
Job 31:21
_ _ when — that is, “because.”
_ _ I saw — that I might calculate on the “help” of a powerful party in the court of justice — (“gate”), if I should be summoned by the injured fatherless. |
Job 31:21
When — When I saw I could influence the judges to do what I pleased. |
Job 31:21
If I have lifted (o) up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
(o) To oppress him and to do him harm. |
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Job 6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.
Job 22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Job 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
Proverbs 23:10-11 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: ... For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Ezekiel 22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
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Micah 2:1-2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. ... And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
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