Job 29:16
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English Standard Version
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

Young's Literal Translation
A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
Lexicon
I was a father
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
to the poor
'ebyown  (eb-yone')
destitute -- beggar, needy, poor (man).
and the cause
riyb  (reeb)
a contest (personal or legal) -- adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
which I knew
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not I searched out
chaqar  (khaw-kar')
to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately -- find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
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