Job 29:12
For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, 1 And helped the fatherless who had no helper. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 blessed me; 1 And the eye saw me, and turned aside. 1
13Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; 1 Yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me. 1
Cross References
Exodus 22:22And if ye should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice.
Job 22:6And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing, 1 And hast taken away the clothing of the naked. 1
Job 24:4They have turned aside the weak from the right way: 1 And the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together. 1
Job 31:17And if too I ate my morsel alone, 1 And did not impart of it to the orphan 1
Job 31:21If I lifted my hand against an orphan, 1 Trusting that my strength was far superior to his: 1
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 →