Job 29:16

English Standard Version

16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know. (Pr 29:7)

New International Version

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

New International Reader’s Version

16 I was like a father to needy people. I stood up for strangers in court.

King James Version

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