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Job 29:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 29:16

Verse 16 of 25

Scripture focus

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

Job 29:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 29:16

Theological / Devotional

Poor. See v. 12. Job’s gifts kept pace with his sympathy.

The cause which I knew not. Better, “the cause of him I knew not.” The construction is similar to that translated “the place of him that knoweth” (ch. 18:21). Job was willing to put forth effort in behalf of strangers, to see that they received justice.

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