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.

Asang Khongca Bible

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

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

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.

English Berean Standard Bible

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Pater eram pauperum, et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.

Bible in Basic English

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

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

Kosraean Bible

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

World Portuguese Bible

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

Romanian BTF Bible

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

Brenton English Septuagint

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

Burmese Common Language Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

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

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.

Italian Diodati Bible

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

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;

Danish Bible 1931

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

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

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.

French Ostervald Bible

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

Esperanto Bible

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

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

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

German Luther Bible 1912

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

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

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

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.

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.

Croatian Bible

otac ubogima, zastupnik strancima.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

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

German Textbibel

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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

Hebrew OT (WLC)

אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים וְרִ֖ב לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃

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.

SEPTUAGINTA

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

Brenton Septuagint

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

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Челор ненорочиць ле ерам татэ ши черчетам причина челуй некуноскут.

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.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

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

Russian Synodal Bible

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT

אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיֹונִ֑ים וְרִ֖ב לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

אב אנכי לאביונים ורב לא ידעתי אחקרהו׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

أَبٌ أَنَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ، وَدَعْوَى لَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا فَحَصْتُ عَنْهَا.

Old Persion Version Bible

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

Judson Burmese Bible

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

Korean Bible 1910

빈궁한 자의 아비도 되며 생소한 자의 일을 사실하여 주었으며

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。

World Chinese Bible

我作穷乏人的父； 不认识之人的案件，我也查明。

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。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

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

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Mashi Bible

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

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

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

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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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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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