Job 29:12
Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 witness to me:
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.
Nehemiah 5:2And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.
Job 22:6For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:4They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
Job 31:17If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior 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 →