17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
    and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[a] grew up with me as with a father,
    and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[b]),
19 if I have seen anyone (A)perish for (B)lack of clothing,
    or the needy without (C)covering,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:18 Hebrew he
  2. Job 31:18 Hebrew her

17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(A)
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(B)
19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(C)
    or the needy(D) without garments,

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