Parallel Verses
Amplified
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Holman Bible
and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.
International Standard Version
because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.
A Conservative Version
Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.
American Standard Version
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
Bible in Basic English
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.
Darby Translation
For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
Julia Smith Translation
For I shall deliver the poor crying, and the orphan, and none helping to him.
King James 2000
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.
Modern King James verseion
For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help.
NET Bible
for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
New Heart English Bible
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,
The Emphasized Bible
Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
Webster
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
World English Bible
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,
Youngs Literal Translation
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » Job
Fatherless » Blessedness of taking care of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
11
“For when an ear heard [my name mentioned], it called me happy and fortunate;
And when an eye saw [me], it testified for me [approvingly],
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
“The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
Cross References
Psalm 72:12
For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.
Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
Exodus 22:22-24
You shall not harm or oppress any widow or fatherless child.
Deuteronomy 10:18
He
Nehemiah 5:2-13
For there were some who were saying, “We, along with our sons and our daughters, are many; therefore allow us to get grain, so that we may eat and survive.”
Job 22:5-9
“Is not your wickedness great,
And your sins without end?
Job 24:4
“They crowd the needy off the road;
The poor of the land all hide themselves.
Job 31:17
Or have eaten my morsel [of food] alone,
And did not share it with the orphan
Job 31:21
If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Psalm 82:2-4
How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
Proverbs 24:11-12
Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!
Jeremiah 22:16
“He defended the cause of the afflicted and needy;
Then all was well.
Is that not what it means to know Me?”
Says the Lord.
James 1:27
Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.