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Job 29:13

GenerosityComfortMercy and compassion

11 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

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.

15 I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

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BSB
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
KJV
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
WEB
the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
ASV
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow`s heart to sing for joy.
DARBY
The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
BLB
The blessing of the one perishing came upon me, and the heart of the widow I caused to sing.
ÅB
Den som var sin undergang nær, velsignet meg, og enkens hjerte fikk jeg til å juble.
OTB
Velsignelsen fra den som var i ferd med å omkomme kom over meg,
Og jeg fikk enkers hjerte til å synge av glede.
B1930
Den som var sin undergang nær, velsignet mig, og enkens hjerte fikk jeg til å juble.

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Cross references

  • 2 Timothy 1:16–18

    May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

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  • Philemon 1:7

    I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

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  • Isaiah 27:13

    And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

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  • Job 22:9

    You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

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  • Job 31:19–20

    if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

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  • Acts 9:39–41

    So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

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  • Deuteronomy 24:13

    be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:11

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

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