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Job 29:16
New English Translation

16 I was a father[a] to the needy,
and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

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  1. Job 29:16 sn The word “father” does not have a wide range of meanings in the OT. But there are places that it is metaphorical, especially in a legal setting like this where the poor need aid.
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