Job 29:16
I was like a father to the poor, and I defended the rights of strangers.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
In Context
15I was like eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.
17I broke the jaw of the wicked and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
Cross References
Exodus 18:26They acted as judges for the people on a continuing basis. They brought the difficult cases to Moses, but they would judge the small matters themselves.
Deuteronomy 17:8If there's a case before your town court that is too problematic for you to settle, whether the argument is over murder or manslaughter, one legal decision against another, or different degrees of assault, you must take the issue to the place the Lord your God will choose.
1 Kings 3:16Later two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him for judgment.
Job 24:4They push the poor out of their way; the destitute are forced to hide from them.
Job 31:18From when I was young I was a father to orphans and took care of widows.
Job 31:32I have never let strangers sleep in the street; I have opened my doors to travelers.
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 →