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Job 31:18 Cross-References
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“(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) her: that is, the widow”
Job 31:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 31:18
From my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father (כִּי מִנְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַנִי כְאָב, ki min-ne'urai gedelani ke-av)—ne'urim (נְעוּרִים, youth) indicates Job's lifelong pattern. I have guided her from my mother's womb (וּמִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אַנְחֶנָּה, u-mi-beten immi anḥennah) uses naḥah (נָחָה, guide/lead), the same verb for God guiding Israel (Exodus 15:13).This parenthetical verse explains vv. 16-17—Job's compassion wasn't recent virtue-signaling but character formed from childhood. The hyperbole "from my mother's womb" emphasizes deeply ingrained habit. Job fathered orphans and mother...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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