Job 29:15
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.
I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
- KJV
- I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
- WEB
- I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
- ASV
- I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.
- DARBY
- I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;
- BLB
- I was eyes to the blind, and I [was] feet to the lame.
- ÅB
- øyne var jeg for den blinde, og føtter var jeg for den halte.
- OTB
- Jeg var en veileder for de blinde,
Og en støtte for de lamme. - B1930
- Øine var jeg for den blinde, og føtter var jeg for den halte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 10:31
“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
Read in contextMatthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:12–31
The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
Read in context