Job 29:13

Job chapter 29 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Context

v.12Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

v.13This passage

v.14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 31:6

    Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

  • Isaiah 27:13

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Corinthians 9:12

    For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;

  • Job 22:9

    Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • Job 31:19

    If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

  • Deuteronomy 26:5

    And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.