OLD TESTAMENT

Job 31:18

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

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Verse 18. Womb. I was of a compassionate disposition, with which I always corresponded. Saint Gregory—Hebrew “from my youth, pity (ceab, which Prot. translate “as with a father.” Bible.) grew up with me; and from my birth I have preserved it!” Calmet.—Prot. “From my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her (the widow, margin) from my mother’s womb.” Septuagint “I fed him as a father, Theodotion adds, and was his leader from,” and so forth It was my earliest delight to assist the afflicted orphan and widow. Bible.

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