Job 31:18

From when I was young I was a father to orphans and took care of widows.

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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

17Have I even eaten just a piece of bread by myself? Haven't I always shared my food with orphans?

19If ever I saw someone needing clothes, the poor without anything to wear,

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Cross References

Esther 2:7He had brought up Hadassah (or Esther), his uncle's daughter, because she had no father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was very attractive. After her father and mother died, Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter.

Job 29:16I was like a father to the poor, and I defended the rights of strangers.

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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