Job 29:16
I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently
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King James Version
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
English Standard Version
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
New International Version
I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.