What does Job 31:21 mean?

Job 31:21 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 31:21 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

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