Job 31:18

NETBible

but from my youth I raised the orphan 1  like a father, and from my mother’s womb 2  I guided the widow! 3 

NIV ©

but from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my birth I guided the widow—

NASB ©

(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her),

NLT ©

No, from childhood I have cared for orphans, and all my life I have cared for widows.

MSG ©

Wasn't my home always open to them? Weren't they always welcome at my table?

BBE ©

(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

NRSV ©

for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

NKJV ©

(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow );

KJV
(For from my youth
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he was brought up
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with me, as [with] a father
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and I have guided
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her from my mother's
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womb
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{her: that is, the widow}
NASB ©
(But from my youth
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he grew
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up with me as with a father
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, And from infancy
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<990> I guided
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her),
LXXM
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CONJ
ek
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PREP
neothtov
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N-GSF
mou
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P-GS
exetrefon
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V-IAI-1S
wv
<3739> 
CONJ
pathr
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N-NSM
kai
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CONJ
ek
<1537> 
PREP
gastrov
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N-GSF
mhtrov
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N-GSF
mou
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P-GS
wdhghsa
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V-AAI-1S
NET [draft] ITL
but
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from my youth
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I raised
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the orphan like a father
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, and from my mother’s
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womb
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I guided
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the widow!
HEBREW
hnxna
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yma
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Njbmw
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bak
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ynldg
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yrwenm
<05271>
yk (31:18)
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NETBible

but from my youth I raised the orphan 1  like a father, and from my mother’s womb 2  I guided the widow! 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “he grew up with me.” Several commentators have decided to change the pronoun to “I,” and make it causative.

2 tn The expression “from my mother’s womb” is obviously hyperbolic. It is a way of saying “all his life.”

3 tn Heb “I guided her,” referring to the widow mentioned in v. 16.