ESV: I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
NIV: I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.
NASB: I was a father to the poor, And I investigated the case which I did not know.
CSB: I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.
NLT: I was a father to the poor and assisted strangers who needed help.
KJV: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
NKJV: I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.
