Parallel Verses
Amplified
“I was a father to the needy;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].
New American Standard Bible
And I investigated the case which I did not know.
King James Version
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Holman Bible
and I examined the case of the stranger.
International Standard Version
I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know.
A Conservative Version
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know.
American Standard Version
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Bible in Basic English
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
Darby Translation
I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
Julia Smith Translation
I was a father to the needy, and the contention I knew not I shall search it out
King James 2000
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I [was] a father to the poor, and I investigated {the stranger's} legal dispute.
Modern King James verseion
I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently.
NET Bible
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
New Heart English Bible
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.
The Emphasized Bible
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
Webster
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
World English Bible
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
Youngs Literal Translation
A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » Job
Liberality » Exemplified » Job
Magistrates » Should » Defend the poor, &c
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
15
“I was eyes to the blind
And I was feet to the lame.
“I was a father to the needy;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].
“And I smashed the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous man cares for the rights of the poor,
But the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge.
Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but every minor dispute they judged and decided themselves.
Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall investigate and search out [witnesses] and ask thorough questions. If it is true and the matter is established that this loathsome thing has been done among you,
Deuteronomy 17:8-10
“If any case is too difficult for you to judge—between one kind of homicide and another, between one kind of lawsuit and another, between one kind of assault and another,
1 Kings 3:16-28
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Esther 2:7
He was the guardian of
Job 24:4
“They crowd the needy off the road;
The poor of the land all hide themselves.
Job 31:18
(But from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father,
And from my mother’s womb I have been the widow’s guide),
Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Ephesians 5:1
Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father];
James 1:27
Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.