Job 29:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Young's Literal Translation
A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

King James Bible
I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.

Hebrew
I
אָ֭נֹכִֽי (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

was a father
אָ֣ב (’āḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

to the needy,
לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים (lā·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor

and I took up
אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ (’eḥ·qə·rê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately

the case
וְרִ֖ב (wə·riḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute

of the stranger.
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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