Bible verse

Job 31:18

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

Job 31:18 · BSB

Job 31:18 in context

The verses around it, from Job 31.

14 what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

15 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

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—

18 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,

21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

22 then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

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Job 31:18 in other translations

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;)

ASV

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

ERV

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother’s womb;)

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