ASV: I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

BBE: I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

DBY: I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

KJV: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

JPS: I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

WBS: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

WEB: I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

YLT: A father I 'am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
