Job 31:18
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)In other versions
(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);
ASV
(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)
BBE
(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb;)
DBY
(No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother's womb);
WEB
(But from my youth He grew up with me as `with' a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)
YLT
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
ENG
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
WBT
though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
BSB
In context
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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;)
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
