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Job 29:15

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “I was eyes to the blind And feet to the lame.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
I was x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
eyes 5869
{5869} Prime
עַיִן
`ayin
{ah'-yin}
Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape).
to the blind, 5787
{5787} Prime
עִוֵּר
`ivver
{iv-vare'}
Intensive from H5786; blind (literally or figuratively).
and feet 7272
{7272} Prime
רֶגֶל
regel
{reh'-gel}
From H7270; a foot (as used in walking); by implication a step; by euphemism the pudenda.
[was] I x589
(0589) Complement
אֲנִי
'aniy
{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
to the lame. 6455
{6455} Prime
פִּסֵּחַ
picceach
{pis-say'-akh}
From H6452; lame.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Job 29:12-17.


Job 29:15

_ _ Literally, “the blind” (Deuteronomy 27:18); “lame” (2 Samuel 9:13); figuratively, also the spiritual support which the more enlightened gives to those less so (Job 4:3; Hebrews 12:13; Numbers 10:31).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 29:7-17.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
eyes:

Numbers 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.
Matthew 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.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ. ... But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
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Nu 10:31. Mt 11:5. 1Co 12:12.

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