16I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;


In Context

13 The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

16 I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

17 And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

18 And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;

Job 29:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:16I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:16I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:16I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:16I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:16I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:16A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.