Job 31:18

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

…indeed from my youth I brought him up as a father, and from the womb of my mother I guided her—

Latin

…(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum);

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Job 31:1–40

Job called down wrong against himself (curses) if he was guilty of the accusations against him. Apart from mentioning idolatry (worship of false gods), Job spoke about how loyal he was to God by focusing on the second half of the Ten Commandments (31:26–27). The summary of these is: “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9).

Job 29:1–31:40

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Theme notes and profiles

Job’s Innocence

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