Job 29:12
For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
11And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherlesse childe.
Nehemiah 5:2For there were that said, We, our sonnes and our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eate and liue.
Job 22:6For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
Job 24:4They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.
Job 31:17Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
Job 31:21If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him 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 →