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Job 29:16

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16I was a father to the poor,

and I investigated the stranger’sf legal dispute.

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Footnotes

  1. fLiterally “the one I knew not”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I was a father to the needy,

and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I was a father to the needy;

I took up the case of the stranger.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I was a father to the needy,

and I examined the case of the stranger.

NLTNew Living Translation

I was a father to the poor

and assisted strangers who needed help.

KJV 1900King James Version

I was a father to the poor:

And the cause which I knew not I searched out.