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Job 29:16
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I was a father to the needy,and I examined the case of the stranger.
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
I was like a father to needy people, and I took the side of strangers who were in trouble.
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
"I was a father to the needy; I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].
"I was a father to the poor, And I investigated the case which I did not know.
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
I was a father to the needy,And I searched out the case which I did not know.
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
I was a father to the needy, and I defended them in court, even if they were strangers.
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the problems of those I didn't know.
I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble.
I was a father to the poor, and I investigated the stranger's legal dispute.
I was father to the poor, and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.
I was a father vnto the poore, & whe I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligetly.
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knewe not, I searched out.
I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Y was a fadir of pore men; and Y enqueride most diligentli the cause, which Y knew not.
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I didn't know I searched out.
I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.
I was a father to the poor and assisted strangers who needed help.
I was a father to those in need. And I helped those I did not know who had a need.
I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger.
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.
I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
"I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a father: Job 31:18, Esther 2:7, Psalms 68:5, Ephesians 5:1, James 1:27
the cause: Exodus 18:26, Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 17:8-10, 1 Kings 3:16-28, Proverbs 25:2, Proverbs 29:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 39:19 - heard Genesis 45:8 - father Exodus 18:21 - men Judges 17:10 - a father 2 Samuel 14:8 - I will give Ezra 6:1 - and search Ezra 10:16 - to examine the matter Psalms 82:4 - Deliver Proverbs 18:13 - that Proverbs 24:25 - them Proverbs 31:9 - General Ezekiel 18:17 - hath taken Luke 14:13 - call
Cross-References
Leah's eyes were gentle, but Rachel was beautiful.
In the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah he had slept with, and he said to Laban, "You have tricked me. I worked hard for you so that I could marry Rachel. Why did you trick me?"
Leah gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben. She named him this because she said, "The Lord has seen my troubles. My husband does not love me. So now maybe my husband will love me."
Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son.
So Jacob told Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where he kept his flocks of sheep and goats.
Jacob put the maids with their children first. Then he put Leah and her children behind them, and he put Rachel and Joseph in the last place.
His firstborn son was Reuben, whose mother was Leah. Jacob's other sons by Leah were Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun were Jacob's sons from his wife Leah. Leah had these sons in Paddan Aram. She also had a daughter named Dinah. There were 33 people in this family.
Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried in that cave. Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried in that cave. I buried my wife Leah in that cave.
So all the elders and the people who were near the city gates said, "We are witnesses to all of this. And may the Lord bless this woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah. They are the ones who had many children to make the people of Israel strong. And may you become powerful in the tribe of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I [was] a father to the poor,.... Not in a literal sense; for his children were rich as well as himself, while he had them; but in a civil sense, he was the patron of the poor; he was an advocate for them, he took their part, he pleaded their cause, defended their persons, and secured the little property they had; he had the pity and compassion of a father for them, and supplied their wants; he fed them and clothed them; he did not eat his morsel alone, but gave them part of it, and warmed them with the fleece of his flock:
and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out; any cause that was brought before him, he knew thing of before, and which, upon the opening of it, did not appear plain and easy, but had its difficulties; this he closely examined, and searched thoroughly into the merits of, till it appeared plain to him on which side the truth and justice of it lay; he did not hurry it over, and pass sentence, having only in a superficial manner considered it, as is too often the case; but after a long examination of the contending parties, and of the witnesses on both sides, to whom he gave an impartial hearing, he pronounced the decisive sentence; see Proverbs 25:2. Some think this refers to his diligent search and inquiry after causes that were not brought before him; he did, not wait for application to be made to him, but hearing of, or upon inquiry finding, that there were persons oppressed and distressed by cruel men, he of himself voluntarily offered his assistance, searched into their cause, made himself master of it, and freed them from their distresses; so different were his behaviour and character from that of the unjust judge, Luke 18:1; though others, choose to render the words, "the cause of him that I knew not", c. t of a stranger, of one that he had never seen before, of one that was most unknown to him in the world; the cause of such an one he took as, much pains with to get the true knowledge of, and do justice to, as of the dearest relation, the nearest neighbour, and the most intimate friend and acquaintance that he had.
t ידעתי "quem non cognoveram", Junius Tremellius, Michaelis "ignotissimi", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I was a father to the poor - I took them under my protection, and treated them as if they were my own children.
And the cause which I knew not I searched out - This is according to the interpretation of Jerome. But the more probable meaning is, “the cause of him who was unknown to me, that is, of the stranger, I searched out.” So Rosenmuller, Herder, Umbreit, and Good. According to this, the sense is, that, as a magistrate, he gave particular attention to the cause of the stranger, and investigated it with care. It is possible that Job here designs specifically to reply to the charge brought against him by Eliphaz in Job 22:6 ff. The duty of showing particular attention to the stranger is often inculcated in the Bible, and was regarded as essential to a character of uprightness and piety among the Orientals.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 29:16. The cause which I knew not I searched out. — When any thing difficult occurred, I did not give it a slight consideration; I examined it to the bottom, whatever pain, time, and trouble it cost me, that I might not pronounce a hasty judgment.
