Bible verse
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
Job 29:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 29.
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.
17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
19 My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
KJV
I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
ASV
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
ERV
I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
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