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Job 31:17-19
New English Translation
Job 31:17-19
New English Translation
17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself,
and did not share any of it with orphans[a]—
18 but from my youth I raised the orphan[b] like a father,
and from my mother’s womb[c] I guided the widow[d]—
19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing,
or a poor man without a coat,
Footnotes
- Job 31:17 tn Heb “and an orphan did not eat from it.”
- Job 31:18 tn Heb “he grew up with me.” Several commentators have decided to change the pronoun to “I,” and make it causative.
- Job 31:18 tn The expression “from my mother’s womb” is obviously hyperbolic. It is a way of saying “all his life.”
- Job 31:18 tn Heb “I guided her,” referring to the widow mentioned in v. 16.
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