Job 29:12

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,”

— WEB

“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”

— KJV

“Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.”

— ASV

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Psalms 72:12 "For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper."
Proverbs 21:13 "Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard."
James 1:27 "Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep onesel…"
Exodus 22:22-24 "“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child."
Deuteronomy 10:18 "He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing."
Psalms 82:2-4 "“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah."
Psalms 68:5 "A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation."
Proverbs 24:11-12 "Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!"

Commentary

The grounds on which Job was praised (Job 29:11), his helping the afflicted (Psa 72:12) who cried to him for help, as a judge, or as one possessed of means of charity. Translate: "The fatherless who had none to help him."

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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