约伯记 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Context
This verse from 约伯记 Chapter 29 connects to 10 cross-references. 比勒达回答约伯，颂赞神的大能和尊威，指出人类在神面前是何等渺小；这章暗示约伯是自高自大，没有意识到在全能神面前人类是多么微不足道。
其他译本
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
A father I <FI>am<Fi> to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
交叉参考
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A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.