Verse Comparison: Job 31:21
American Standard Version
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
Amplified® Bible
If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless when I saw [that the judges would be favorable and be] my help at the [council] gate,
Contemporary English Version
If I have ever raised my arm to threaten an orphan when the power was mine,
Darby English Version
If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:
Good News Bible
If I have ever cheated an orphan, knowing I could win in court,
King James Version
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
New American Standard Bible
If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,
New International Version
if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
knowing that I had influence in court,
New King James Version
If I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,
Revised Standard Version
if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw help in the gate;
Young's Literal Translation
If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in `him' the gate of my court,