Job 29:14

I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

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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 near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

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Cross References

Job 27:6I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

Psalms 132:9Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints give cries of joy.

Isaiah 59:17Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.

Isaiah 62:3And you will be a fair crown in the hand of the Lord, and a king's head-dress in the hand of your God.

2 Corinthians 6:7In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

1 Thessalonians 5:8But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, 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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