And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
Job 29:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I was a father to the poor: And the cause which I knew not I searched out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I was a father to the poor and needy; the cause of him I did not know I searched out. American Standard Version (1901) I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. Common English Bible I was a father to the needy; the case I didn’t know, I examined. Catholic Public Domain Version I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently. |
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And I have been her guide from my mother's womb;)
If the men of my tent said not, Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his flesh?
The stranger did not lodge in the street; But I opened my doors to the traveller;
Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor: The wicked hath not understanding to know it.
and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee;
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.