Job 29:16

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

In context

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

15 I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
KJV King James Version: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
WEB World English Bible: I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
ASV American Standard Version: I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
DBY Darby Translation: I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
WBS Webster Bible: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.