Job 29:12
For I delivered the poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, who had none to help him.
Noyes Bible
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
11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me.
Cross References
Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly, And stripped the poor of their clothing.
Job 24:4They push the needy from the way; All the poor of the land are forced to hide themselves.
Job 31:17If I have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not partaken of it;
Job 31:21If I have shaken my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help 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 →