Job 29:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 29:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 29:12 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 29:12 — KJV
“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”
— Job 29:12 (KJV)
Job 29:12 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 29:12
“And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:12: because, delivered, cried
“Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. committeth: Heb. leaveth”
Shares key themes with Job 29:12: poor, fatherless, help
“And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:12: poor, fatherless, none
“There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Shares key themes with Job 29:12: because, none
“And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:12: because, delivered
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