Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.

New American Standard Bible

“I was eyes to the blind
And feet to the lame.

King James Version

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

International Standard Version

I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.

A Conservative Version

I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame.

American Standard Version

I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

Amplified


“I was eyes to the blind
And I was feet to the lame.

Bible in Basic English

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

Darby Translation

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

Julia Smith Translation

Eyes was I to the blind one, and feet to the lame was I.

King James 2000

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"I was eyes to the blind, and I [was] feet to the lame.

Modern King James verseion

I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I was an eye unto the blind, and a foot to the lame;

NET Bible

I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;

New Heart English Bible

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

The Emphasized Bible

Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I!

Webster

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

World English Bible

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

Youngs Literal Translation

Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame am I.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I was eyes
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

to the blind
עוּר 
`ivver 
Usage: 26

and feet
רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

References

Fausets

Watsons

Eye

Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:15

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense

14 I clothed myself in righteousness,
and it enveloped me;
my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.
15 I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I examined the case of the stranger.

Cross References

Numbers 10:31

“Please don’t leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

Matthew 11:5

the blind see, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

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