Job 31:18

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

No! From my youth he grew up with me as if with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb!

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

(For from my youth^{H5271} he was brought up^{H1431} with me, as with a father^{H1}, and I have guided^{H5148} her from my mother's^{H517} womb^{H990};)

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Commentary for Job 31:18

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

1. Strong's Number: H5271
   There are 46 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: נָעוּר
   Transliteration: nâʻûwr
   Pronunciation: naw-oor'
   Description: or נָעֻר; and (feminine) נְעֻרָה; properly, passive participle from נַעַר as denominative; (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people); childhood, youth.
   
2. Strong's Number: H1431
   There are 112 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: גָּדַל
   Transliteration: gâdal
   Pronunciation: gaw-dal'
   Description: a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare גְּדִל), i.e.; to 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), tower.
   
3. Strong's Number: H1
   There are 15773 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: אָב
   Transliteration: ʼâb
   Pronunciation: awb
   Description: a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
   
4. Strong's Number: H5148
   There are 39 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: נָחָה
   Transliteration: nâchâh
   Pronunciation: naw-khaw'
   Description: a primitive root; to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists); bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
   
5. Strong's Number: H517
   There are 387 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: אֵם
   Transliteration: ʼêm
   Pronunciation: ame
   Description: a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)); dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
   
6. Strong's Number: H990
   There are 72 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: בֶּטֶן
   Transliteration: beṭen
   Pronunciation: beh'-ten
   Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything; belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.