Job 29:12
10 The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
11 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
13 The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- KJV
- Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- WEB
- because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
- ASV
- Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
- DARBY
- For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
- BLB
- because I rescued the poor crying out, and the fatherless, and no one was helping him.
- ÅB
- For jeg berget armingen som ropte om hjelp, og den farløse som ingen hjelper hadde.
- OTB
- Fordi jeg reddet den fattige som ropte om hjelp,
Og den foreldreløse som ikke hadde noen støtte. - B1930
- For jeg berget armingen som ropte om hjelp, og den farløse som ingen hjelper hadde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 72:12
For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Read in contextProverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
Read in contextExodus 22:22–24
You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
Read in contextJames 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Read in contextProverbs 24:11–12
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
Read in contextPsalms 82:2–4
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Read in contextPsalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
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