Job 29:16
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NASB ©HebrewTransliterationStrong'sDefinitionOrigin
"I was a fatherאָ֣בav1fatherfrom an unused word
to the needy,לָֽאֶבְיֹונִ֑יםla·'ev·yo·v·nim;34in want, needy, poorfrom abah
And I investigatedאֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ech·ke·re·hu.2713to searcha prim. root
the caseוְרִ֖בve·riv7379strife, disputefrom rib
which I did not know.יָדַ֣עְתִּיya·da'·ti3045to knowa prim. root
KJV Lexicon
I was a father
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
to the poor
'ebyown  (eb-yone')
destitute -- beggar, needy, poor (man).
and the cause
riyb  (reeb)
a contest (personal or legal) -- adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
which I knew
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not I searched out
chaqar  (khaw-kar')
to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately -- find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
New American Standard (©1995)
"I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

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

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

American Standard Version
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

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

English Revised Version
I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

Webster's Bible Translation
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

World English Bible
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

Young's Literal Translation
A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

איוב 29:16 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיֹונִ֑ים וְרִ֖ב לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃

איוב 29:16 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
אב אנכי לאביונים ורב לא־ידעתי אחקרהו׃

איוב 29:16 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
אב אנכי לאביונים ורב לא־ידעתי אחקרהו׃

איוב 29:16 Hebrew Bible
אב אנכי לאביונים ורב לא ידעתי אחקרהו׃

Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
pater eram pauperum et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam

Case Cause Didn't Investigated Needy Poor Search Searched Searching Strange Stranger

Case Cause Investigated Needy Poor Search Searched Searching Strange Stranger

Case Cause Investigated Needy Poor Search Searched Searching Strange Stranger

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