Job 29:12
New International Version
because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.

New Living Translation
For I assisted the poor in their need and the orphans who required help.

English Standard Version
because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Berean Standard Bible
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

King James Bible
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

New King James Version
Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.

New American Standard Bible
Because I saved the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.

NASB 1995
Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.

NASB 1977
Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.

Legacy Standard Bible
Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.

Amplified Bible
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.

Christian Standard Bible
For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

American Standard Version
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because I saved the poor from suffering, and the orphan who had no helper

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.

Contemporary English Version
When poor people or orphans cried out for help, I came to their rescue.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper.

English Revised Version
Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
because I rescued the poor who called [for help] and the orphans who had no one to help them.

Good News Translation
When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn.

International Standard Version
because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

Literal Standard Version
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, | And the fatherless who has no helper.

Majority Standard Bible
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

New American Bible
For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, the orphans, and the unassisted;

NET Bible
for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

New Revised Standard Version
because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper.

New Heart English Bible
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,

Webster's Bible Translation
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

World English Bible
because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,

Young's Literal Translation
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

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Context
Job's Former Blessings
11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me, 12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. 13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.…

Cross References
Job 24:4
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

Job 24:9
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

Job 31:17
if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless--

Job 31:21
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

Job 34:28
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Psalm 72:12
For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Psalm 82:4
Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.


Treasury of Scripture

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

I delivered

Job 22:5-9
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? …

Nehemiah 5:2-13
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live…

Psalm 72:12
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

the fatherless

Exodus 22:22-24
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child…

Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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Verse 12. - Because I delivered the poor that cried (compare the Instructions of Amen-em-hat: "Because I have made the afflicted ones free from their afflictions, so that their cries are heard no more" ('Records of the Past,' vol. 2 p. 12). And again the Inscription of Ameni-Amenemha: "No little child have I injured; no widow have I oppressed; no fisherman have I hindered; no shepherd have I detained; no foreman have I taken from his gang to employ him in forced labour" (ibid., vol. 12:63). And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him (compare what is said of the ideal king in Psalm 72:12-14," He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall sabre the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight"). Championship of the poor was anciently regarded as characteristic of the wise, good, strong ruler.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I rescued
אֲ֭מַלֵּט (’ă·mal·lêṭ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

the poor
עָנִ֣י (‘ā·nî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

who cried out
מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ (mə·šaw·wê·a‘)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7768: To be free, to halloo

and the fatherless
וְ֝יָת֗וֹם (wə·yā·ṯō·wm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3490: A bereaved person

who had no
וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

helper.
עֹזֵ֥ר (‘ō·zêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5826: To surround, protect, aid


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