Job 29:16

King James Version (KJV)

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

In context

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
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.