NET Bible
"I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;"
— Job 29:16, NET Bible
“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 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 the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;
I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
Job’s Confidence“Then I thought,‘I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.