Job 29:15

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.

English Revised Version
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

Update Bible Version
I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.

New Century Version
I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.

New English Translation
I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;

Webster's Bible Translation
I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.

World English Bible
I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the lame.

Amplified Bible
"I was eyes to the blind And I was feet to the lame.

English Standard Version
I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y was iye `to a blynde man, and foot to a crokyd man.

Berean Standard Bible
I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Contemporary English Version
I was good to the blind and to the lame.

American Standard Version
I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

Bible in Basic English
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

Complete Jewish Bible
I was eyes for the blind, and I was feet for the lame.

Darby Translation
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

Easy-to-Read Version
I was like eyes for the blind, like feet for the crippled.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

King James Version (1611)
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

New Life Bible
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the man who could not walk.

New Revised Standard
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.

George Lamsa Translation
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

Good News Translation
I was eyes for the blind, and feet for the lame.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I!

Douay-Rheims Bible
I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.

Revised Standard Version
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.

Christian Standard Bible®
I was eyes to the blindand feet to the lame.

Hebrew Names Version
I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the lame.

Lexham English Bible
"I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame.

Literal Translation
I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

Young's Literal Translation
Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I was an eye vnto the blynde, & a fote to the lame.

New American Standard Bible
"I was eyes to those who were blind, And feet to those who could not walk.

New King James Version
I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I was eyes to the blind And feet to the lame.

Legacy Standard Bible
I was eyes to the blindAnd feet to the lame.

Contextual Overview

⁷ When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! ⁸ The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. ⁹ The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. ¹⁰ The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. ¹¹ When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: ¹² Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. ¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. ¹⁴ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. ¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. ¹⁶ I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

eyes: Numbers 10:31, Matthew 11:5, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:18 - General Proverbs 31:9 - General Luke 7:22 - how Luke 14:13 - call

Cross-References

Genesis 30:28
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

Genesis 31:7
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I was eyes to the blind,.... Either in a literal sense: there was a law in Israel against putting a stumbling block before the blind, and a curse pronounced on those that caused them to wander out of the way; which implied that they ought to remove all impediments out of their way, and should lead, guide, and direct them in the right way; and this Job might do, if not in his own person, yet by his servants, and so was as eyes unto them, and especially by taking care of and providing for persons in such circumstances: or rather in a civil sense; such who were in perplexity and distress, oppressed by their neighbours, but did not know how to get justice done them, what steps to take, or methods to pursue, to obtain their right or secure it; these Job instructed with his good advice and counsel, and put them into a way of proceeding whereby they could be extricated out of their difficulties, and peaceably enjoy their own, see Numbers 10:31, and it might be true of him in a spiritual sense; that he was eyes to his blind Heathen neighbours among whom he dwelt; who were ignorant of God, and of the living Redeemer, and of the way of life and salvation by him, and of their miserable and lost estate, and of their need of a Saviour; not being acquainted with the nature of sin, and the sad consequences of it, and with the way of atonement for it, nor with the mind and will of God, and the worship of him; all which he might be a means of enlightening their minds with: Eliphaz owns he instructed many, Job 4:3; thus ministers of the Gospel are eyes to the blind; for though they cannot give eyes, or spiritual sight to men, which is only from the Lord, yet they may be instruments of opening blind eyes, and of turning men from darkness to light, as the word preached by them is a means of "enlightening the eyes", Acts 26:18; whereby men come to see their lost estate, and the way of salvation by Christ:

and feet [was] I to the lame; either in a literal sense, as David was to Mephibosheth, when he sent for and maintained him at his own table, so that he had no occasion to seek for his bread elsewhere, 2 Samuel 9:13; and Job might make a provision in some way or another for such sort of persons: or rather in a civil sense, such who were engaged in law suits, and had justice on their side, but for want of friends or money, or both, could not carry them on; these Job supported and supplied, and carried them through their suits, and got their cause for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I was eyes to the blind - An exceedingly beautiful expression, whose meaning is obvious. He became their counsellor and guide.

And feet was I to the lame - I assisted them, and became their benefactor. I did for them, in providing a support, what they would have done for themselves if they had been in sound health.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 29:15. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. — Alluding probably to the difficulty of travelling in the Arabian deserts. I was eyes to the blind - those who did not know the way, I furnished with guides. I was feet to the lame-those who were worn out, and incapable of walking, I set forward on my camels, &c.