Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger. New Living Translation I was a father to the poor and assisted strangers who needed help. English Standard Version I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know. Berean Standard Bible I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger. King James Bible I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. New King James Version I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know. New American Standard Bible “I was a father to the poor, And I investigated the case which I did not know. NASB 1995 “I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know. NASB 1977 “I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know. Legacy Standard Bible I was a father to the needy, And I searched out the case which I did not know. Amplified Bible “I was a father to the needy; I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice]. Christian Standard Bible I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger. Holman Christian Standard Bible I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger. American Standard Version I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. Aramaic Bible in Plain English I was a father to the afflicted, and judgment that I had not known I searched out Brenton Septuagint Translation I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not. Contemporary English Version I was a father to the needy, and I defended them in court, even if they were strangers. Douay-Rheims Bible I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently. English Revised Version I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. GOD'S WORD® Translation I was father to the needy. I carefully investigated cases brought by strangers. Good News Translation I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble. International Standard Version I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know. JPS Tanakh 1917 I was a father to the needy; And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. Literal Standard Version I [am] a father to the needy, | And the cause I have not known I search out. Majority Standard Bible I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger. New American Bible I was a father to the poor; the complaint of the stranger I pursued, NET Bible I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know; New Revised Standard Version I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger. New Heart English Bible I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out. Webster's Bible Translation I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. World English Bible I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know. Young's Literal Translation A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job's Former Blessings…15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame. 16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger. 17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.… Cross References Job 4:3 Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands. Job 24:4 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding. Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns. Isaiah 22:21 I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Treasury of Scripture I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. a father Job 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) Esther 2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. the cause Exodus 18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. Deuteronomy 13:14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; Deuteronomy 17:8-10 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; … Jump to Previous Case Cause Investigated Needy Poor Search Searched Searching Strange StrangerJump to Next Case Cause Investigated Needy Poor Search Searched Searching Strange StrangerJob 29 1. Job bemoans his former prosperityVerse 16. - I was a father to the poor (comp. ver. 12, and see below, ch. 31:16-22): and the cause which I knew not I searched out; rather, the cause of him that I knew not I searched out (see the Revised Version). When men were quite unknown to him, Job still gave to their causes the utmost possible attention, "searching them out," or investigating them, as diligently as if they had been the causes of his own friends. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Iאָ֭נֹכִֽי (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I was a father אָ֣ב (’āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1: Father to the needy, לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים (lā·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor and I took up אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ (’eḥ·qə·rê·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately the case וְרִ֖ב (wə·riḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute of the stranger. לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Links Job 29:16 NIVJob 29:16 NLT Job 29:16 ESV Job 29:16 NASB Job 29:16 KJV Job 29:16 BibleApps.com Job 29:16 Biblia Paralela Job 29:16 Chinese Bible Job 29:16 French Bible Job 29:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 29:16 I was a father to the needy (Jb) |
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