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


In Context

13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

14 Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame am I.

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

17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

18 And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

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 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 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.