Job 29:16
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
In Context
15Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I!
17And I shivered the fangs of the perverse,—and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
Cross References
Exodus 18:26And they shall judge the people, at any time,—the hard matters, shall they bring in unto Moses, but all the small matters, shall, they themselves, judge.
Deuteronomy 17:8When any matter of judgment, shall be too difficult for thee—between blood and blood between plea and plea or between stroke and stroke, matters of contention within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and go up unto the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose;
1 Kings 3:16Then, came there in two unchaste women, unto the king,—and stood before him.
Job 24:4They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves.
Job 31:18Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:
Job 31:32Outside, the sojourner lodged not for the night, My doors—to the wayfarer, I threw open.
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 →