a father to the , 18_JOB_29:16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out. , a father to the , 23_ISA_22:21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. ,