They thrust the needy off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Job 29:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 because I delivered the poor who cried and the orphan who had no helper. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because I delivered the poor that cried, And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because I delivered the poor who cried, the fatherless and him who had none to help him. American Standard Version (1901) Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. Common English Bible because I rescued the weak who cried out, the orphans who lacked help. Catholic Public Domain Version This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper. |
They thrust the needy off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
“There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast and take as a pledge the infant of the poor.
Did I not weep for those whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
if I have raised my hand against the orphan because I saw I had supporters at the gate;
so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted—
Father of orphans and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper.
I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,
If you close your ear to the cry of the poor, you will cry out and not be heard.
Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? says the Lord.
who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.