Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

Job 29:16

I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
World English Bible

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