Job 29:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.

New Living Translation
I was a father to the poor and assisted strangers who needed help.

English Standard Version
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

Berean Study Bible
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

New American Standard Bible
“I was a father to the poor, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

NASB 1995
"I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

NASB 1977
“I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

Amplified Bible
“I was a father to the needy; I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].

Christian Standard Bible
I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.

Contemporary English Version
I was a father to the needy, and I defended them in court, even if they were strangers.

Good News Translation
I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I was father to the needy. I carefully investigated cases brought by strangers.

International Standard Version
I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know.

NET Bible
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
Classic Translations
King James Bible
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

New King James Version
I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.

King James 2000 Bible
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

New Heart English Bible
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.

World English Bible
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

American King James Version
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

American Standard Version
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

A Faithful Version
I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.

Darby Bible Translation
I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

English Revised Version
I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

Webster's Bible Translation
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
I was a father vnto the poore, & whe I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligetly.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I [am] a father to the needy, "" And the cause I have not known I search out.

Young's Literal Translation
A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

Smith's Literal Translation
I was a father to the needy, and the contention I knew not I shall search it out.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I was a father to the afflicted, and judgment that I had not known I searched out

Lamsa Bible
I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I was a father to the needy; And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
















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