Job 29:14

I clothed myself with righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; And justice was my robe and diadem.

Noyes Bible

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 heart of the widow to sing for joy.

15I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame;

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Cross References

Job 27:6I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.

Psalms 132:9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, And thy holy ones shout for joy!

Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And the helmet of salvation upon his head; He put on garments of vengeance for his clothing, And clad himself with zeal, as with a mantle.

Isaiah 62:3Thou shalt be a beautiful crown in the hand of Jehovah, A royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

2 Corinthians 6:7in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

1 Thessalonians 5:8but let us, as we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation;

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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