Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
In Context
11For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Nehemiah 5:2For there were who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain that we may eat and live.
Job 22:6For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:4They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Job 31:17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
Matthew Henry on Job 29:8-18
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The… Read the whole commentary →