I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
WEB
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
Parallel Translations
I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:7Psalms 68:5Job 31:18Job 24:4Esther 2:7Proverbs 25:21 Kings 3:16–28Ephesians 5:1Deuteronomy 17:8–10Deuteronomy 13:14Exodus 18:26James 1:27
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