You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.
Job 29:13 - New Revised Standard Version The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. American Standard Version (1901) The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. Common English Bible The blessing of the perishing reached me; I made the widow’s heart sing; Catholic Public Domain Version The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I comforted the heart of the widow. |
You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah
The people curse those who hold back grain, but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.
And on that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.
Rejoice before the Lord your God—you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, the Levites resident in your towns, as well as the strangers, the orphans, and the widows who are among you—at the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.
You shall give the pledge back by sunset, so that your neighbor may sleep in the cloak and bless you; and it will be to your credit before the Lord your God.
you shall make this response before the Lord your God: “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous.
I have indeed received much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kin.”