Job 31:18

In 11 translations

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;)her: that is, the widow

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);

LSV

(But from my youth || He grew up with me as [with] a father, || And from the belly of my mother I am led),

YLT

(But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)

DBY

(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb;)

DRC

(For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother’s womb:)

GNV

(For from my youth hee hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her)

JPS

Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb.

LXXE

(for I nourished them as a father from my youth, and guided them from my mother's womb.)

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֣י מִ֭נְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַ֣נִי כְאָ֑ב וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣י אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι ἐκ νεότητός μου ἐξέτρεφον ὡς πατὴρ, καὶ ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου ὡδήγησα·

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