Job 29:16 meaning and explanation
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
Job 29:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Job is speaking, recalling the honor and security he enjoyed before his losses. In verse 16 he describes how he used his standing at the city gate, where legal cases were heard, to act as a father to the poor and to take up the case of the stranger, the outsider with no family to plead for him.
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