Old Testament · VERSE 16

Job 29:16

King James Version

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

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Job 29:16 in context

Job 29:14

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

Job 29:15

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

Job 29:16SELECTED VERSE

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Job 29:17

And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

Job 29:18

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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