# then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken from its joint
This can be stated in active form. AT: "then let someone tear off my shoulder from the shoulder blade and break my arm from its joint" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# For I dreaded ... his majesty
This is the reason that Job did not do any of the wicked things he spoke of in verses 7 through 21.