Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And I investigated the case which I did not know.
King James Version
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Holman Bible
and I examined the case of the stranger.
International Standard Version
I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know.
A Conservative Version
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know.
American Standard Version
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Amplified
“I was a father to the needy;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].
Bible in Basic English
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
Darby Translation
I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
Julia Smith Translation
I was a father to the needy, and the contention I knew not I shall search it out
King James 2000
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I [was] a father to the poor, and I investigated {the stranger's} legal dispute.
Modern King James verseion
I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently.
NET Bible
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
New Heart English Bible
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.
The Emphasized Bible
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
Webster
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
World English Bible
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
Youngs Literal Translation
A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » Job
Liberality » Exemplified » Job
Magistrates » Should » Defend the poor, &c
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
15
I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
16
And I investigated the case which I did not know.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 29:7
A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.
Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,
Deuteronomy 17:8-10
"If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the LORD your God will choose.
1 Kings 3:16-28
Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Esther 2:7
He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.
Job 24:4
They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Job 31:18
(for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow),
Psalm 68:5
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.
Ephesians 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
James 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.