Job 31:18
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed 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.>