Job 29:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
Job 29:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 29:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 29:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 29:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.”
Job 29:16 — World English Bible
Job 29:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.”
Job 29:16 — American Standard Version
Job 29:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A father I <FI>am<Fi> to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.”
Job 29:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 29:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;”
Job 29:16 — Darby Translation
Job 29:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.”
Job 29:16 — Geneva Bible
Job 29:16 in Context — Job 29
14 Je me revêtais de la justice et je lui servais de vêtement, J’avais ma droiture pour manteau et pour turban.
15 J’étais l’œil de l’aveugle Et le pied du boiteux.
16 J’étais le père des misérables, J’examinais la cause de l’inconnu;
17 Je brisais la mâchoire de l’injuste, Et j’arrachais de ses dents la proie.
18 Alors je disais: Je mourrai dans mon nid, Mes jours seront abondants comme le sable;
What Does Job 29:16 Mean?
Job 29:16 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 29. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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