In Job 29 of Job .
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
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עֵינַ֣יִם eynayim eye , , -sight עֵינַ֣יִם eynayim eye , , -sight עַיִן noun, common, both genders, dual, absolute — “eye , , -sight”, the ordinary form H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him… הָ֭יִיתִי hayiti be הָ֭יִיתִי hayiti be הָיָה verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed action H1961 to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use. לַֽעִוֵּ֑ר laiver to blind לַֽעִוֵּ֑ר laiver to blind עִוֵּר preposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to blind”, the ordinary form H5787 blind (literally or figuratively) blind (men, people). וְרַגְלַ֖יִם veraglayim and foot וְרַגְלַ֖יִם veraglayim and foot רֶגֶל conjunction, noun, common, feminine, dual, absolute — “and foot”, the ordinary form H7272 a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda [idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time. לַפִּסֵּ֣חַ lapisecha to lame לַפִּסֵּ֣חַ lapisecha to lame פִּסֵּחַ preposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to lame”, the ordinary form H6455 lame lame. אָֽנִי ׃ ani mine אָֽנִי ani mine אֲנִי pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine” H589 I I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who. Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
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American Standard Version (1901) I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.
Young’s Literal Translation Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.
World English Bible I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
Darby Translation I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;
Douay-Rheims I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.
Jewish Publication Society (1917) I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.
Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851) Ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν, ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν.
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