Job 29:15

What does Job 29:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 29:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame <FI>am<Fi> I.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

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

v.15This passage

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

Cross references

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

  • Matthew 11:5

    the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.

  • Numbers 10:31

    And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:12

    For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

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