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Job 29:12
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For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.
Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
because I saved the poor who called out and the orphan who had no one to help.
for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
Because I saved the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.
For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried for help,And the orphan who had no helper.
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
for I delivered the poor when they cried for assistance, the orphan too, who had no one to help him.
For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
because I helped the poor when they cried out. I helped the orphans who had no one to care for them.
Because I delivered the poor out of distress, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn.
because I saved the needy who cried for help, and I saved the orphan for whom there was no helper.
For I delivered the poor who cried for help and the orphan who had no helper to him.
For I delyuered ye poore whe he cried, & the fatherlesse yt wanted helpe.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
Because I deliuered the poore that cried, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym.
For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
for Y hadde delyueride a pore man criynge, and a fadirles child, that hadde noon helpere.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
For I assisted the poor in their need and the orphans who required help.
because I helped the poor man when he cried for help and the child without parents who had no one to help him.
because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper.
Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper.
because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I delivered: Job 22:5-9, Nehemiah 5:2-13, Psalms 72:12, Psalms 82:2-4, Proverbs 21:13, Proverbs 24:11, Proverbs 24:12, Jeremiah 22:16
the fatherless: Exodus 22:22-24, Deuteronomy 10:18, Psalms 68:5, James 1:27
Reciprocal: Ruth 2:20 - Blessed 2 Samuel 14:4 - Help Job 4:6 - the uprightness Job 6:27 - the fatherless Job 15:34 - the tabernacles Job 16:17 - Not for Job 22:9 - widows Job 31:21 - lifted Job 34:28 - they Job 36:6 - giveth Psalms 41:1 - Blessed Psalms 82:4 - Deliver Proverbs 21:15 - joy Proverbs 22:22 - oppress Proverbs 31:9 - General Jeremiah 5:28 - judge Jeremiah 22:3 - do no violence Amos 5:24 - let
Cross-References
Abram said to Lot, "We are close relatives. We shouldn't argue, and our men shouldn't be fighting one another.
Rebekah ran straight home and told her family everything.
Laban said, "You are my nephew, and you are like one of my own family." After Jacob had been there for a month,
Laban had two daughters. Leah was older than Rachel, but her eyes didn't sparkle, while Rachel was beautiful and had a good figure.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Because I delivered the poor that cried,.... This honour and esteem he had not because of his grandeur and riches, because of his worldly wealth and substance, but because of the goodness of his disposition, and because of the good he did to men, his acts of pity and compassion to the poor, and of the justice he did to all men; the poor and the afflicted, when they cried to him for help, he delivered them out of the hands of their oppressors:
and the fatherless; the care and defence of which belongs to judges and civil magistrates, see Psalms 82:1;
[and him that] had none to help him; as the poor and fatherless seldom have; there is power on the side of the oppressors of them, but they have few or none to take their parts, and to be their comforters, Ecclesiastes 4:1; in these instances Job imitated God, and was a follower of him, as a dear child of his; who, when this and the other poor man cries unto him, he hears, saves, and delivers out of all their troubles; he is the helper, yea, the father of the fatherless, and the judge of the widow; and, when there is no help from men, he is a present help in times of need.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Because I delivered the poor that cried - This is spoken of himself as a magistrate or judge - for the whole description relates to that. The meaning is, that when the poor man, who had no means of employing counsel, brought his cause before him, he heard him and delivered him from the grasp of the oppressor. He never made an appeal to him in vain; compare Proverbs 21:13; Proverbs 24:11-12.
And the fatherless - The orphan who brought his cause before him. He became the patron and protector of those whose natural protectors - their parents - had been removed by death; compare the notes at Isaiah 1:17.
And him that had none to help him - The poor man who had no powerful patron. Job says that, as a magistrate, he particularly regarded the cause of such persons, and saw that justice was done them - a beautiful image of the administration of justice in patriarchal times. This is the sense in which our translators understood this. But the parallelism seems rather to require that this should be applied to the fatherless who had no one to aid him, and the Hebrew, by understanding the ו (w) conjunctive as meaning “when,” will bear this construction. So it is understood by Rosenmuller, Umbreit, Herder, and Noyes.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 29:12. Because I delivered the poor that cried — This appears to be intended as a refutation of the charges produced by Eliphaz, Job 22:5-10, to confute which Job appeals to facts, and to public testimony.
