Job 31:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 22:22-23 : 22 God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will see--if it is in pride or in sin against the Lord, 23 That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;
  • Job 31:10 : 10 Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.
  • Job 31:40 : 40 Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
  • Job 38:15 : 15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.
  • Ps 7:4-5 : 4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause; 5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
  • Ps 137:6 : 6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

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    21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

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    23 For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

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    4 My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

  • Job 6:9-10
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    9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

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  • Job 13:13-14
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    75%

    13 Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

  • Job 38:15
    74%

    15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

  • Job 16:12
    74%

    12 I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

  • Ps 39:10
    74%

    10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

  • Job 22:9
    74%

    9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Gen 44:29
    73%

    29 If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

  • 2 Sam 22:35
    73%

    35 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

  • Job 9:34
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    34 Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

  • Job 13:21
    73%

    21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

  • Job 31:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6 (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

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  • Ezek 30:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, has been broken by me, and no band has been put round it to make it well, no band has been twisted round it to make it strong for gripping the sword.

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    31 See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;

  • Ps 10:15
    73%

    15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

  • Ps 31:10
    73%

    10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

  • Ps 102:5
    73%

    5 Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.

  • Ps 22:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

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  • Job 19:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.

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    72%

    11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

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    34 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

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    13 I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

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    72%

    12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

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    16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

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    72%

    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

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    72%

    2 Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

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    71%

    17 I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:

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    36 Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

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    17 The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.

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    71%

    21 His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...

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    71%

    11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.

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    71%

    20 Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

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    71%

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    71%

    7 Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough.

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    71%

    17 By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

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    14 I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.

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    3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;