Job 29:16
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29:16I was a father30 to the needy,
and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
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- 30 The word “father” does not have a wide range of meanings in the OT. But there are places that it is metaphorical, especially in a legal setting like this where the poor need aid.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
I was a father to the needy;
I took up the case of the stranger.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I was a father to the needy,
and I examined the case of the stranger.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I was a father to the poor
and assisted strangers who needed help.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
I was a father to the poor,
and I investigated the stranger’s legal dispute.
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KJV 1900King James Version
I was a father to the poor:
And the cause which I knew not I searched out.
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