Job 29:16

Translation Comparison (18 available)

Original Language Text
hebrew
אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָֽ/אֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים וְ/רִ֖ב לֹא יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽ/הוּ
English Translation
I am a father to the needy, and I do not know how to investigate.

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

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

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

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

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

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

I decided the way forward as their leader, living like a king among his soldiers, and when they were sad I comforted them.”

I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.

I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

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

I am a father to the needy, || And the cause I have not known I search out.

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

I was a father to the poor<br>and assisted strangers who needed help.<br>

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

I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.

I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.

I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.

A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.