Job 29:16
“I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knewe not, I searched out.”
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Job 29:16 Context
14I put on righteousnesse, and it clothed me: my iudgement was as a robe and a diademe. 15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 16I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knewe not, I searched out. 17And I brake the iawes of the wicked, and pluckt the spoile out of his teeth. 18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.
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I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
- King James Version
"I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
- Basic English Bible
I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
- Darby Bible
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- Webster's Bible
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
- World English Bible
A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
- Youngs Literal Bible
I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible