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Selected Verse: Job 29:13 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 29:13 |
King James |
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
So far was I from sending "widows" away empty (Job 22:9).
ready to perish-- (Pro 31:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The blessing of him that was ready to perish ... - Of the man who was falsely accused, and who was in danger of being condemned, or of him who was exposed to death by poverty and want.
And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy - By becoming her patron and friend; by vindicating her cause, and saving her from the oppressive exactions of others; compare Isa 1:17. |
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.