A moment in scripture
Job 29:12
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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The surrounding passage
- Job 29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
- Job 29:11
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
- Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
- Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.