OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 16

Job 29:16

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I was a father to the needy.

I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.

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Job 29:16 in context

Job 29:13–19

13

the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me,

and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me.

My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

15

I was eyes to the blind,

and feet to the lame.

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I was a father to the needy.

I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.

17

I broke the jaws of the unrighteous

and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

18

Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house,

I will count my days as the sand.

19

My root is spread out to the waters.

The dew lies all night on my branch.

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