Job 29:13
the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:11You shall rejoice before the LORD your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
Deuteronomy 26:5You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
Nehemiah 8:10Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
Job 31:19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
Psalms 67:4Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.
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 →