Job 31:18
16 If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
19 if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
20 if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
- KJV
- (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
- WEB
- (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);
- ASV
- (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother`s womb);
- DARBY
- (For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb;)
- BLB
- indeed from my youth I brought him up as a father, and from the womb of my mother I guided her—
- ÅB
- Nei, fra min ungdom av vokste han opp hos meg som hos en far, og fra min mors liv av førte jeg henne[^2] ved hånden.
- OTB
- (Men fra min ungdom vokste han opp med meg som med en far,
Og fra min mors liv ledet jeg henne), - B1930
- Nei, fra min ungdom av vokste han op hos mig som hos en far, og fra min mors liv av førte jeg henne ved hånden. / < enken, JBS 31, 16.>