Job 31:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

In The 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;)

In Context

17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

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Cross References

Esther 2:7And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.

Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24

Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or 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;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →

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