Job 31:18
“(For from my youth hee was brought vp with me as with a father, and I haue guided her from my mothers wombe.)”
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Job 31:18 Context
16If I haue withhelde the poore from their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile: 17Or haue eaten my morsell my selfe alone, and the fatherlesse hath not eaten thereof: 18(For from my youth hee was brought vp with me as with a father, and I haue guided her from my mothers wombe.) 19If I haue seene any perish for want of cloathing, or any poore without couering: 20If his loynes haue not blessed me, and if hee were not warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:
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Other Translations for Job 31:18
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
- King James Version
(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her),
- New American Standard Version (1995)
(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);
- American Standard Version (1901)
(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;)
- Basic English Bible
(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb;)
- Darby Bible
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
- Webster's Bible
(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);
- World English Bible
(But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)
- Youngs Literal Bible
Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 31:18
31:18 Youth - As soon as I was capable of managing mine own affairs. With me - Under my care. A father - With all the diligence and tenderness of a father. Her - The widow mentioned ver.#16|. From - From my tender years; ever since I was capable of discerning good and evil.