Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.In other versions
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
ASV
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
BBE
I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
DBY
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
WEB
A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
YLT
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
ENG
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
WBT
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
BSB
In context
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.