Job 31:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
(But from my youthמִ֭נְּעוּרַי
(min·ne·'u·rai)
5271: youth, early lifefrom the same as naar
he grewגְּדֵלַ֣נִי
(ge·de·la·ni)
1431: to grow up, become greata prim. root
up with me as with a father,כְאָ֑ב
(che·'av;)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
And from infancyאִמִּ֣י
(im·mi)
517: a motherfrom an unused word
I guidedאַנְחֶֽנָּה׃
(an·chen·nah.)
5148: to lead, guidea prim. root
her), 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
For from my youth
na`uwr  (naw-oor')
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people) -- childhood, youth.
he was brought up
gadal  (gaw-dal')
advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to...estate, + things), grow(up),increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
with me as with a father
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
and I have guided
nachah  (naw-khaw')
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists) -- bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
her from my mother's
'em  (ame)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting.
womb
beten  (beh'-ten)
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything -- belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her),

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;)

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--

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!

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.)

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;)
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