Job 29:12
This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.
Catholic Public Domain 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
11The ear that heard me, blessed me, and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.
Nehemiah 5:2And there were those who were saying: “Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us receive grain as a price for them, and then we may eat and live.”
Job 22:6For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.
Job 24:4They have undermined the way of the poor, and have pressed together the meek of the earth.
Job 31:17if I have eaten my morsel of food alone, while orphans have not eaten from it;
Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I have the advantage over him at 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 →