Job 31:21

Job 31:21 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,

knowing that I had influence in court,

21If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,

Because I saw I had support in the gate,

21If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,

Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,

21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless

because I saw that I had support in the gate,

21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,

Because I saw my help in the gate:

21If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,

21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,

because I saw my help in the gate;

21Suppose I’ve raised my hand

against children whose fathers have died.

And I did it because I knew

I had power in the courts.

21I have not turned against children who have no family,

even when the city judges agreed with me.

21If I have waved my hand at the fatherless, || When I see [him] in the gate of my court,