Job 29:16 (WEB)
I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Hear Job also saying, I was a father of the needy: for he called himself a father, not as having begotten them all, but as caring for them.” — editor's note: Job xxix. 16.
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Ambrose of Milan
“The stranger dwelt not at my gates, but my door was open to every one that came.”” — editor's note: Job xxix. 15, 16.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The mouth of the widow blessed me, since I was the eye of the blind; I was also the foot of the lame, and the father of the weak.”” — editor's note: Job xxix. 12, 13, 15, 16.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.