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

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.

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.

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