Job 29:16
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Job 29:16 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Vater war ich den Dürftigen, und die Rechtssache dessen, den ich nicht kannte, untersuchte ich;
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
A los menesterosos era padre; y de la causa que no entendía, me informaba con diligencia:
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Aos necessitados eu era pai; e a causa que eu não sabia, investigava com empenho.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
e pai dos necessitados. Eu examinava a causa até mesmo dos que eu não conhecia.
📖 Job 29:16 in Context
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
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