Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
KJV
Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo.
Vulgate
ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν, ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν.
LXX
I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.
ASV
עֵינַ֣יִם הָ֭יִיתִי לַֽ/עִוֵּ֑ר וְ/רַגְלַ֖יִם לַ/פִּסֵּ֣חַ אָֽנִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
ו
v
noun · 247×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
עִוֵּר֙
'vr
adjective · 26×
פִסֵּ֔חַ
psch
adjective · 13×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 27:18 — Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Luke 14:13 — But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
- Matt 11:5 — The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- Num 10:31 — And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
- Num 10:31 — And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
- Prov 31:9 — Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.