Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Messagebecause I delivered the poor who cried for help—the orphan who had not a single person to turn to—
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Gbecause I rescued the afflicted who cried out—the fatherless who had none to help them—
KJV
King James VersionBecause I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
BSB
Berean Standard Biblebecause I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Footnotes
עָנִי (*ani*) means the 'afflicted' or 'oppressed'—someone ground down by circumstance and power, not merely lacking resources. FOG uses 'afflicted' to preserve this edge of anguish; FOG Message uses 'poor' for the more familiar social category. The pairing with יָתוֹם (*yatom*—orphan, fatherless child) is the Bible's standard merism for the most defenceless members of society (Deut. 24:17; Ps. 82:3; Isa. 1:17). Job's claim is not philanthropy—it is covenantal justice; he stood where Torah required someone to stand.