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Job 31:18-20
Contemporary English Version

18 Since the time I was young,
I have cared for orphans
    and helped widows.[a]
19 I provided clothes for the poor,
20     and I was praised
for supplying woolen garments
    to keep them warm.

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  1. 31.18 widows: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 18.
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Job 31:18-20
New International Version

18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(A)—
19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(B)
    or the needy(C) without garments,
20 and their hearts did not bless me(D)
    for warming them with the fleece(E) from my sheep,

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