Job 31:18

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

biblegateway Job 31:18

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

biblegateway Job 31:18

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

biblegateway Job 31:18

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

biblegateway Job 31:18

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

SABDAweb Job 31:18

(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;)

bibleoremus Job 31:18

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

biblegateway Job 31:18

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

biblegateway Job 31:18

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

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.