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Job 31:23

Verse 23 of 40. The 31st of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.

19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

20if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;

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

23For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

24“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.