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Job 31:18

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18(for from my childhood heh grew up withi me like a father,

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

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Footnotes

  1. hProbably referring to “the orphan”
  2. iLiterally “reared”
  3. jProbably referring to “the widow”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

(for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father,

and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow),

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NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

and from my birth I guided the widow—

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

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

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

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

and all my life I have cared for widows.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

KJV 1900King James Version

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father,

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

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