Bible verse

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 29:12 · BSB

Job 29:12 in context

The verses around it, from Job 29.

8 the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

9 The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

10 The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

11 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

13 The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

15 I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

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Job 29:12 in other translations

KJV

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.

ASV

Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

ERV

Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.

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