Job 29:16

NIV: I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.

NAS: "I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

KJV: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

GWT: I was father to the needy. I carefully investigated cases brought by strangers.

ASV: I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

BBE: I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

DBY: I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

DRB: I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.

WBS: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

WEB: I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

YLT: A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.