Job 29:16

Job’s Former Blessings · Job 29:1–25
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Translations

Modern
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
Traditional
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Literal
I was a father to the poor, and the case I did not know, I searched it out.
Latin
Pater eram pauperum, et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.

Original

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

Notes

Job was active in searching out and helping strangers in need.

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

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Book of Job

Topics

Beneficence: Job Liberality: Job Magistrates: Good: Job Magistrates: should Defend the Poor Poor: Kindness To by Job Poor: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Poor: Regard For: Job