Job 31:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

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.)

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

Hebrew
though
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

from my youth
מִ֭נְּעוּרַי (min·nə·‘ū·ray)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5271: Youth, the state, the persons

I reared him
גְּדֵלַ֣נִי (gə·ḏê·la·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great

as would a father,
כְאָ֑ב (ḵə·’āḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

and from my mother's
אִמִּ֣י (’im·mî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

womb
וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן (ū·mib·be·ṭen)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

I guided [the widow]—
אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃ (’an·ḥen·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5148: To guide, to transport

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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