Job 31:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
but from my youth I reared them as a father would, and from my birth I guided the widow--

New Living Translation
No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows.

English Standard Version
(for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow),

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

New American Standard Bible
(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from my infancy I guided her),

NASB 1995
(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her),

NASB 1977
(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her),

Amplified Bible
(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),

Christian Standard Bible
for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow--

Contemporary English Version
Since the time I was young, I have cared for orphans and helped widows.

Good News Translation
All my life I have taken care of them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
(From my youth the orphan grew up with me as though I were his father, and from my birth I treated the widow kindly.)

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),

NET Bible
but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

New King James Version
(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow);

King James 2000 Bible
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided him from my mother's womb;)

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);

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);

American 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;)

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);

A Faithful Version
For from my youth he grew up with me, as with a father, and from infancy I guided her--

Darby Bible 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;)

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

Webster's Bible Translation
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(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)

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the wydowe)

Coverdale Bible of 1535
(for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, & compassion fro my mothers wombe.)
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
(But from my youth "" He grew up with me as [with] a father, "" And from the belly of my mother I am led),

Young's 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.)

Smith's Literal Translation
(For from my youth he grew up to me as a father, and I shall guide her from my mother's womb;)

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
(For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother's womb :)

Catholic Public Domain Version
(for from my infancy mercy grew with me, and it came out with me from my mother’s womb;)

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because sorrows from my youth raised me and groanings from the belly of my mother

Lamsa Bible
(Because from my youth I was brought up in sorrows, and from my mother's womb with sighing);

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And I have been her guide from my mother's womb.

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
















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