JOB 31:18 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) because he’d grown up with me like a father to him
⇔ and I’d guided the widow since I was very small.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ὅτι ἐκ νεότητός μου ἐξέτρεφον ὡς πατὴρ, καὶ ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου ὡδήγησα·
(Hoti ek neotaʸtos mou exetrefon hōs pataʸr, kai ek gastros maʸtros mou hōdaʸgaʸsa; )

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

ULT for from my youth he has grown up with me as a father,
⇔ and from the belly of my mother I have guided her.

UST 16-18 I solemnly declare that from the time that I was young,
⇔ I have taken care of orphans and I have protected widows.
⇔ I have not failed to provide poor people with the things that they needed.
⇔ I have not caused widows to lose hope.
⇔ I have not eaten all of my food by myself and not shared it with orphans.

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

OEB For father-like, He brought me up from my youth,
⇔ And my Guide has He been from my mother’s womb.

WEBBE (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
⇔ I have guided her from my mother’s womb);

WMBB (Same as above)

NET but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father,
⇔ and from my mother’s womb
⇔ I guided the widow!

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

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

T4T ⇔  16-18 “I have guided orphans from the time that they were born;
⇔ I have taken care of them since they were young.
⇔ So, if it were true that I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans,
⇔ or that I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted,
⇔ or that I caused widows to live ◄in despair/without hope that they would receive any help from anyone►,

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE (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;)

Moff No Moff JOB book available

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.

ASV (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
⇔ And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

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

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

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

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

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

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

KJB-1769 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)[fn]

31.18 her: that is, the widow

KJB-1611 [fn](For from my youth hee was brought vp with me as with a father, and I haue guided her from my mothers wombe.)
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

31:18 That is, the widow,

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva (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)
((For from my youth he hath/has grown up with me as with a father, and from my mothers womb I have been a guide unto her) )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg (quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum);
((because away infantia my crevit with_me had_sentio, and from/about the_womb mother my gone_out it_is with_me); )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֣י

that/for/because/then/when

Job is using the word for to introduce the reason why he does not even need to specify a consequence in this case if he has committed the sins he has just described. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: [but I do not even need to say what God should do to me if I have done those things, because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

מִ֭⁠נְּעוּרַ⁠י & וּ⁠מִ⁠בֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣⁠י

from,youth_of,my & and,from,womb_of mother's_of,my

Job says from my youth and from the belly of my mother as overstatements for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [throughout my life … and continually]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

גְּדֵלַ֣⁠נִי & אַנְחֶֽ⁠נָּה

grew_up,I & guided,her

The pronoun he refers to the representative orphan whom Job described in the verse 17, and the pronoun her refers to the representative widow he described in verse 16. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the orphan has grown up with me … I have guided the widow]

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