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Job 29:16 Meaning

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

Context Explained

14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Key Themes

faithgracehope

Source: Job 29:16