Job 29:16

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

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

Noyes Bible ☆

I was a father to the poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;

Leeser Tanakh ☆

A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

I was the father of the helpless; And I searched out the cause which I knew not.

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

I was an av to the evyonim (needy); and the cause which I knew not I investigated.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

أَبٌ أَنَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ، وَدَعْوَى لَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا فَحَصْتُ عَنْهَا.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဆင်းရဲသောသူတို့၏ အဘဖြစ်၏။ အသိ အကျွမ်းမရှိသော သူတို့၏အမှုကို ငါနားထောင်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဆင်းရဲ သောသူတို့၏ အဘ ဖြစ်၏။ အသိအကျွမ်း မ ရှိသောသူ တို့ ၏အမှု ကို ငါနားထောင် ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Amtang kaminawk hanah ampa ah ka oh moe, angvinnawk ih lok ka tahngaih pae.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Kai tah khodaeng taengah a napa la ka om tih ming pawt kah tuituknah te ka khe pah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Kai tah khodaeng taengah a napa la ka om tih ming pawt kah tuituknah te ka khe pah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我为穷乏人的父； 素不认识的人，我查明他的案件。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我為窮乏人的父； 素不認識的人，我查明他的案件。

World Chinese Bible ☆

我作穷乏人的父； 不认识之人的案件，我也查明。

Croatian Bible ☆

otac ubogima, zastupnik strancima.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Byl jsem otcem nuzných, a na při, jíž jsem nebyl povědom, vyptával jsem se.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

jeg var de fattiges Fader, udreded den mig ukendtes Sag;

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Ik was den nooddruftigen een vader; en het geschil, dat ik niet wist, dat onderzocht ik.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Voor armen was ik een vader, Voor onbekenden onderzocht ik het pleit.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Mi estis patro por la malriĉuloj, Kaj juĝan aferon de homoj nekonataj mi esploradis;

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

J’étais un père pour les pauvres, et j’examinais la cause de celui qui m’était inconnu ;

French Ostervald Bible ☆

J'étais le père des pauvres, et j'étudiais à fond la cause de l'inconnu.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

J’étais le père des misérables, J’examinais la cause de l’inconnu;

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

J'étais un père pour les indigents. J'examinais la cause de celui que je ne connaissais pas.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Vater war ich den Dürftigen, und die Rechtssache dessen, den ich nicht kannte, untersuchte ich;

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ich war ein Vater der Armen; und die Sache des, den ich nicht kannte, die erforschte ich.

German Textbibel ☆

Ein Vater war ich den Armen und die Rechtssache des mir Unbekannten untersuchte ich;

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Ich war des Armen Vater; und die Streitsache, die ich nicht kannte, untersuchte ich.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων, δίκην δὲ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων, δίκην δὲ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen te yon papa pou pòv malere yo. Mwen te kanpe pou defann kòz etranje yo.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

He makua hoi au no ka poe ilihune; A o ka mea hakaka a'u i ike ole ai, ua huli aku au ia.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיֹונִ֑ים וְרִ֖ב לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אב אנכי לאביונים ורב לא ידעתי אחקרהו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Io era padre a' bisognosi, E investigava la causa che mi era sconosciuta .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

ero il padre de’ poveri, e studiavo a fondo la causa dello sconosciuto.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

私は貧しい者の父であった。 私は見知らぬ者の訴えまでも調べた。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

빈궁한 자의 아비도 되며 생소한 자의 일을 사실하여 주었으며

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga oana sie papa nu sin mwet sukasrup, Ac nga tuh kasru mwetsac uh in kutena mwe ongoiya nu selos.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Pater eram pauperum, et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

برای مسکینان پدر بودم، و دعوایی را که نمی دانستم، تفحص می‌کردم.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Eu era um pai para os necessitados. Eu investigava a causa daquele que eu não conhecia.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Aos necessitados eu era pai; e a causa que eu não sabia, investigava com empenho.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Eram tată celor săraci; și cauza pe care nu o cunoșteam, am cercetat-o în amănunțime.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Челор ненорочиць ле ерам татэ ши черчетам причина челуй некуноскут.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

отцом был я для нищих и тяжбу, которой я не знал, разбирал внимательно.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Otac bejah ubogima, i razbirah za raspru za koju ne znah.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Отац бејах убогима, и разбирах за распру за коју не знах.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nie nali îshe w’abakenyi, mufungizi w’ebigolo nakazibaderhera

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

A los menesterosos era padre; y de la causa que no entendía, me informaba con diligencia:

Spanish BLL ☆

Era como un padre para los necesitados, y defendía la causa de los desconocidos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

A los menesterosos era padre, y de la causa que no conocía, me informaba con diligencia.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Yo era un padre para los pobres, examinaba la causa que no conocía.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Era padre de los menesterosos. Me informaba con diligencia de la causa que no entendía.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e tamai au ki he masiva: pea ko e meʻa naʻe ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ne u kumi lahi ki ai.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Я був батьком убогим і всяку справу незнану розбірав я розважливо.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Я був батьком убогим і всяку справу незнану розбірав я розважливо.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Tôi đã làm cha cho kẻ nghèo khó, Còn duyên cớ của kẻ lạ, tôi tra xét cho rõ ràng.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים וְרִ֖ב לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃