Job 29:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 29:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 29:16 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 29:16 — KJV
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
— Job 29:16 (KJV)
Job 29:16 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 29:16
“Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:16: father, cause, knew
“Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:16: father, cause, knew
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:16: father, cause, knew
“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:16: father, poor, cause
“And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:16: father, cause
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