King James Version
Job 31:18 in the King James Version says “(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 ...” — study this verse from Job chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(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
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
(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
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For from my youth”
H5271(only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
“he was brought up”
H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
“with me as with a father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“her from my mother's”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
“and I have guided”
H5148to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
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