18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,

and from my birth I guided the widow—

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;)

18 No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father,

and all my life I have cared for widows.

18 (But from my youth I reared him as a father,

And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow);

18 Since I was young, I have been like a father to the orphans.

From my birth I guided the widows.

18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,

And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

18 (For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother’s womb;)

18 (From my youth the orphan grew up with me 

as though I were his father, 

and from my birth I treated the widow kindly.) 

18 for from my youth, I raised him as his father,

and since the day I was born I guided the widow—

18 for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father,

and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

18 (for from my childhood he grew up with me like a father,

and from my mother’s womb I guided her),

18 From the time I was young, I’ve helped those widows.

I’ve raised those children as a father would.

18 (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,

And from infancy I guided her),