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(18     for from my youth I raised the orphan as a father,
        and from my mother’s womb I led the widow);[a]
19     if I ever saw someone dying without clothes, the needy naked;
20     if they haven’t blessed me fervently,[b]
        or if they weren’t warmed by the wool from my sheep;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:18 Heb lacks orphan . . . widow.
  2. Job 31:20 Or his loins

18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(A)
19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(B)
    or the needy(C) without garments,
20 and their hearts did not bless me(D)
    for warming them with the fleece(E) from my sheep,

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