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Job 31:18

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

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כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…מִ֭נְּעוּרַיminurayfrom youthנָעוּרpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from youth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5271(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)childhood, youth.גְּדֵלַ֣נִיgedelanibeגָּדַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to... estate, [phrase] things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), towe…כְאָ֑בkheavas fatherאָבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as father”, the ordinary formH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.וּמִבֶּ֖טֶןumibetenand from bodyבֶּטֶןconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and from body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.אִמִּ֣יimimotherאֵםnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “mother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))dam, mother, [idiom] parting.אַנְחֶֽנָּהanchenahguideנָחָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “guide”, an unfinished actionH5148to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb.

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American Standard Version (1901)

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

Young’s Literal Translation

(But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)

World English Bible

(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);

Darby Translation

(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb;)

Douay-Rheims

(For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother’s womb:)

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

(for I nourished them as a father from my youth, and guided them from my mother's womb.)

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ἐκ νεότητός μου ἐξέτρεφον ὡς πατὴρ, καὶ ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου ὡδήγησα·