Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

Job 29:16

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

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
World English Bible
GNVView canonical →
I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
Geneva Bible

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