Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and her I have guided from my mother's womb);
New American Standard Bible
And from
King James Version
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
Holman Bible
and since the day I was born
International Standard Version
(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),
American Standard Version
(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);
Amplified
(But from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father,
And from my mother’s womb I have been the widow’s guide),
Bible in Basic English
(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;)
Darby Translation
(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother's womb;)
Julia Smith Translation
(For from my youth he grew up to me as a father, and I shall guide her from my mother's womb;)
King James 2000
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided him from my mother's womb;)
Lexham Expanded Bible
(for from my childhood he {grew up with} me like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided her),
Modern King James verseion
for from my youth he grew up with me, as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided her;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For mercy grew up with me from my youth, and compassion from my mother's womb.
NET Bible
but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow!
New Heart English Bible
(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:
Webster
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
World English Bible
(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);
Youngs Literal Translation
(But from my youth He grew up with me as with a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » Job
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Interlinear
Nachah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it 18 (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and her I have guided from my mother's womb); 19 if I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;