Job 29:14
“I put on righteousnesse, and it clothed me: my iudgement was as a robe and a diademe.”
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Job 29:14 Context
12Because I deliuered the poore that cried, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him. 13The blessing of him that was readie to perish, came vpon me: and I caused the widowes heart to sing for ioy. 14I put on righteousnesse, and it clothed me: my iudgement was as a robe and a diademe. 15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 16I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knewe not, I searched out.
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Other Translations for Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
- King James Version
"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.
- Basic English Bible
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.
- Darby Bible
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
- Webster's Bible
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
- World English Bible
Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.
- Youngs Literal Bible
I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 29:14
29:14 Put on, &c. - Perhaps he did not wear these: but his steady justice was to him instead of all those ornaments.