Job 29:12

Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;

13The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy;

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Cross References

Exodus 22:22Neither widow nor fatherless, shalt thou humiliate:

Nehemiah 5:2And there were some who were saying, Our sons and our daughters, are we pledging,—that we may obtain corn, and eat, and keep ourselves alive.

Job 22:6Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

Job 24:4They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves.

Job 31:17Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;

Job 31:21If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,

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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