Job 29:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
Job 29:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 29:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 29:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 29:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.”
Job 29:16 — World English Bible
Job 29:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.”
Job 29:16 — American Standard Version
Job 29:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A father I <FI>am<Fi> to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.”
Job 29:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 29:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out; ”
Job 29:16 — Darby Translation
Job 29:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.”
Job 29:16 — Geneva Bible
Job 29:16 in Context — Job 29
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
What Does Job 29:16 Mean?
Job 29:16 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 29. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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