King James Version

Job 31:22

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

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כְּ֭תֵפִיketefiarmכָּתֵףnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “arm”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3802the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythingarm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.מִשִּׁכְמָ֣הmishikhmahfrom shoulder bladeשִׁכְמָהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “from shoulder blade”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7929the shoulderboneshoulder blade.תִפּ֑וֹלtipolfallנָפַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fall”, an unfinished actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗יveezroiand armאֶזְרוֹעַconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and arm”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH248the armarm.מִקָּנָ֥הmiqanahfrom reedקָנֶהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “from reed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7070a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, [idiom] spearman, stalk.תִשָּׁבֵֽרtishaverbreakשָׁבַרverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “break”, an unfinished actionH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

Young’s Literal Translation

My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

[Then] let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

Douay-Rheims

Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

let then my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀποσταίη ἄρα ὁ ὦμός μου ἀπὸ τῆς κλειδός, ὁ δὲ βραχίων μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγκῶνος συντριβείη.