Job 29:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.”
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“because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 29:12 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
- Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Nehemiah 5:2Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
- Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
- Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
- Job 22:9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- Job 24:4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- Job 30:25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
- Job 31:17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
- Job 31:18though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
- Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
- Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
- Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Psalms 82:3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
- Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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