because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Parallel translations
- WEB Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
- KJV Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- NKJV Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
- NASB Because I saved the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
- NLT For I assisted the poor in their need and the orphans who required help.
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Quick answer
Job's honor rested on his rescue of the crying poor and the helpless fatherless.
Overview
Job begins listing the good deeds that earned him respect, foremost among them his care for the poor and orphan who had no helper. This reflects the heart of true religion, which God commends (James 1:27). Job's compassion mirrors the Lord, who defends the cause of the fatherless and the oppressed (Psalm 68:5).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Ps 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- Prov 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Exod 22:22–24You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
- Jas 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- Ps 82:2–4“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Prov 24:11–12Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- Ps 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
- Deut 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Jer 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
- Job 31:17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
- Neh 5:2–13Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
- Job 24:4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
- Job 22:5–9Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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