Job 29:16
What does Job 29:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 29:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A father I <FI>am<Fi> to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 13:14
then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,
- James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
- Proverbs 29:7
The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it.
- Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
- Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
- Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
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