Job 29:14

I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.

15I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.

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Cross References

Job 27:6I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.

Psalms 132:9Let thy Priests be clothed with righteousnesse, and let thy Saints reioyce.

Isaiah 59:17For he put on righteousnes, as an habergeon, and an helmet of saluation vpon his head, and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeale as a cloke.

Isaiah 62:3Thou shalt also be a crowne of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royall diademe in the hand of thy God.

2 Corinthians 6:7By the worde of trueth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousnesse on the right hand, and on the left,

1 Thessalonians 5:8But let vs which are of the day, be sober, putting on the brest plate of faith and loue, and of the hope of saluation for an helmet.

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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