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Job 29:13

GenerosityComfortMercy and compassion

11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I 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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Timothy 1:16–18

    The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

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  • Philemon 1:7

    For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

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  • Isaiah 27:13

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

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  • Job 22:9

    Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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  • Job 31:19–20

    If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

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  • Acts 9:39–41

    Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

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  • Deuteronomy 24:13

    In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:11

    And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

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