Job 31:18 - Easy To Read Version All my life,\par I have been like a father\par to children that had no father.\par All my life,\par I have taken care of widows.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, And I have guided her from my mother's womb;) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No, but from my youth [the fatherless] grew up with me as a father, and I have been [the widow's] guide from my mother's womb– 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); Common English Bible for from my youth I raised the orphan as a father, and from my mother’s womb I led the widow); Catholic Public Domain Version (for from my infancy mercy grew with me, and it came out with me from my mother's womb;) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother's womb:) |
Jehoash king of Israel sent an answer to Amaziah king of Judah. Jehoash said, “The thorn bush in Lebanon sent a message to the cedar tree in Lebanon. It said, ‘Give your daughter for my son to marry.’ But a wild animal from Lebanon passed by and walked on the thorn bush.
Mordecai had a girl cousin named Hadassah. She didn’t have a father or a mother, so Mordecai took care of her. Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. Hadassah was also called Esther. Esther had a very pretty face and a good figure.
But maybe you sent widows {\cf2\super [35]} away\par without giving them anything.\par Job, maybe you cheated orphans. {\cf2\super [36]} \par
Why? Because when the poor person\par cried out for help, I helped.\par And I helped the child that had no parents\par and no one to care for him.\par
I was like a father for poor people.\par I helped people I didn’t even know\par win their arguments in court.\par
I have never been selfish with my food.\par I always gave food to orphans.\par
When I found people suffering\par because they didn’t have clothes,\par or a poor man with no coat,\par
I want you to share your food with the hungry people. I want you to find poor people that don’t have homes, and I want you to bring them into your own homes. When you see a man that has no clothes—give him your clothes! Don’t hide \{from helping those people\}; they are just like you.”