Job 29:12
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, || And the fatherless who has no helper.
Literal Standard 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
11For the ear heard, and declares me blessed, || And the eye has seen, and testifies [to] me.
13The blessing of the perishing comes on me, || And I cause the heart of the widow to sing.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22You do not afflict any widow or orphan;
Nehemiah 5:2indeed, there are [those] who are saying, “Our sons, and our daughters, we—are many, and we receive grain, and eat, and live.”
Job 22:6For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, || And you strip off the garments of the naked.
Job 24:4They turn aside the needy from the way, || Together have hid the poor of the earth.
Job 31:17And I eat my morsel by myself, || And the orphan has nothing [to] eat of it,
Job 31:21If I have waved my hand at the fatherless, || When I see [him] in the gate of my court,
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 →