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Job 31:16-18
Contemporary English Version

I Have Never Cheated Anyone

16 (A) I have never cheated widows
    or others in need,
17 and I have always shared
    my food with orphans.
18 Since the time I was young,
I have cared for orphans
    and helped widows.[a]

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  1. 31.18 widows: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 18.
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Job 31:16-18
New International Version

16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(A)
    or let the eyes of the widow(B) grow weary,(C)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(D)—
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(E)—

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