Job 29:15

Translations

Modern

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Traditional

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

Literal

I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame.

Latin

Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo.

Original

Hebrew

English

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Notes

Job 29:1–31:40

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Numbers 10:31
“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
1 Corinthians 12:12–31
The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Beneficence: Job Diseases: Blindness Liberality: Job Poor: Kindness To by Job Poor: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Poor: Regard For: Job Travellers: Often Engaged Persons Acquainted with the Country As Guides

Job 29:15

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