New King James Version
Job 29:12
12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
Job 29:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- New International Version (NIV)because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For I assisted the poor in their need and the orphans who required help.
Context of Job 29:12
10The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. 11When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me; Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper. 13The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
Read all of Job 29Job 29:12 word by word
כִּֽי־אֲ֭מַלֵּט עָנִ֣י מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וְ֝יָת֗וֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵ֥ר לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 29:12
- Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquity without end?
- Nehemiah 5:2For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
- Psalms 72:12For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper.
- Psalms 82:2How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be heard.
- Proverbs 24:11Deliver those who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
- Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; Then it was well. Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.
- Exodus 22:22“You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
- Deuteronomy 10:18He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.
- Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Commentaries on Job 29:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Because I delivered the poor that cried - This appears to be intended as a refutation of the charges produced by Eliphaz, Job 22:5-10, to confute which Job appeals to facts, and to public testimony.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Because I delivered the poor that cried - This is spoken of himself as a magistrate or judge - for the whole description relates to that. The meaning is, that when the poor man, who had no means of employing counsel, brought his cause before him, he heard him and delivered him from the grasp of the oppressor. He never made an appeal to him in vain; compare Proverbs 21:13; Proverbs 24:11-12. And the fatherless - The orphan who brought his cause before him…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-17Verses 7-17 All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence, integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with such gifts as these! They have great opportunities of honouring God and doing good, but have great need to watch against pride. Happy the people who are blessed with such men! it is a token for good to them. Here we see what Job valued himself by, in the day…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1712-17. The grounds on which Job was praised (Job 29:11), his helping the afflicted (Psa 72:12) who cried to him for help, as a judge, or as one possessed of means of charity. Translate: "The fatherless who had none to help him."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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