Catholic Public Domain Version
"I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently. "
— Job 29:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
“I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. ”
“I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.”
“I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;”
“I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.”
“I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.”
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
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.
I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently.
I crushed the jaws of the impious, and I took away prey from his teeth.
And I said, “I will die in my little nest, and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days.
My root has been spread beside the waters, and the dew will remain with my harvest.