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


In Context

13 The man who was dying blessed me; I made the widow's heart sing.

14 I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.

15 I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

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

17 I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.

18 "I thought, 'I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:16I was a father to the needy, and the cause which 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.