Job 29:14 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment {was} as a robe and a diadem.”

Job 29:14

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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment {was} as a robe and a diadem.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet {was} I to the lame.

I {was} a father to the poor: and the cause {which} I knew not I searched out.

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Job 29:1

"Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, {continued: Heb. added to take up}"

Job 29:2

"Oh that I were as {in} months past, as {in} the days {when} God preserved me;"

Job 29:3

"When his candle shined upon my head, {and when} by his light I walked {through} darkness; {candle: or, lamp}"

Job 29:4

"As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God {was} upon my tabernacle;"

Job 29:5

"When the Almighty {was} yet with me, {when} my children {were} about me;"

Job 29:6

"When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; {me: Heb. with me}"

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