Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 that 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 feet was I to the lame.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 132:9Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy saints shout for joy.

Isaiah 59:17And He put on righteousness as a coat of mail, and a helmet of salvation upon His head, and He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

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

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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