Catholic Public Domain Version
"This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper. "
— Job 29:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”
“Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. ”
“Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,”
“for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;”
“Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper.”
“For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.”
“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”
The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth.
The commanders subdued their voice, and their tongue adhered to their throat.
The ear that heard me, blessed me, and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me.
This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.
The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.
I put on justice, and I clothed myself with my judgment, like a robe and a diadem.
I was an eye for the blind and a foot for the lame.