They turn the needy off the path; they force the poor of the land into hiding.
Job 29:12 - Tree of Life Version for I saved the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no one to help him; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 turn the needy off the path; they force the poor of the land into hiding.
The orphan is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
if I ate my morsel of bread myself, without letting an orphan eat of it
(but from my youth I reared him as a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided her),
if I have raised my hand against the orphan, when I saw my support in the gate,
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, so that He hears the cry of the afflicted.
Sing to God, sing praises to His Name. Prepare the road for Him who rides through the deserts, whose Name is Adonai— and rejoice before Him.
For he rescues the needy crying for help, also the poor and the one with no helper.
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but not be answered.
Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the justice of all who are destitute.
He pled the case of the poor and weak, so it went well. Is not this knowledge of Me?” It is a declaration of Adonai.
He enacts justice for the orphan and widow, and loves the outsider, giving him food and clothing.
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.