Job 29:16
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
חָקַר
To be fully known and not rejected — that is the miracle of Psalm 139. Chaqar is the searching of a jeweller examining a stone, a judge examining evidence. God has searched you completely. He knows the parts you hide from everyone else. And He has not turned away. That is the foundation of all confidence.
יָדַע
I knew
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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לֹא
the one whom not
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לֹא
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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