Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

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In The King James Version

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

In Context

13The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

15I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame.

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Cross References

Job 27:6I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

Psalms 132:9Let thy priest be clothed with righteousness, and let thy sanctified shout for joy.

Isaiah 59:17And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head. And he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

Isaiah 62:3Thou shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

2 Corinthians 6:7in word of truth, in power of God, through the weapons of righteousness of the right hand and of the left,

1 Thessalonians 5:8But we, being of the day, should be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and a helmet, the hope of salvation.

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 →

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