Job 29
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Job 29:11-16

11For when 1an earH241 heardH8085, it calledH833 me blessedH833, And when an eyeH5869 sawH7200, it testifiedH5749 inH5749 supportH5749 ofH5749 me,12BecauseH3588 I savedH4422 2the poorH6041 who criedH7768 forH7768 helpH7768, And the 3orphanH3490 who had noH3808 helperH5826.13The blessingH1293 of the one who 4was about to perishH6 cameH935 upon me, And I made the 5widow’sH490 heartH3820 singH7442 forH7442 joyH7442.14I 6putH3847 onH3847 righteousnessH6664, and it clothedH3847 me; My justiceH4941 was like a robeH4598 and a headbandH6797.15I was 7eyesH5869 to those who were blindH5787, And feetH7272 to those who 8couldH6455 notH6455 walkH6455.16I was a fatherH1 to 9the poorH34, And I investigatedH2713 the caseH7379 which I did not knowH3045.

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 29:11 Job 4:3, 4 ↩
  2. 2. Job 29:12 Job 24:4, 9; 34:28; Ps 72:12; Prov 21:13 ↩
  3. 3. Job 29:12 Job 31:17, 21 ↩
  4. 4. Job 29:13 Job 31:19 ↩
  5. 5. Job 29:13 Job 22:9 ↩
  6. 6. Job 29:14 Job 27:5, 6; Ps 132:9; Is 59:17; 61:10; Eph 6:14 ↩
  7. 7. Job 29:15 Num 10:31 ↩
  8. 8. Job 29:15 Or limped ↩
  9. 9. Job 29:16 Job 24:4; Prov 29:7 ↩

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