Job 31:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 31:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 31:18 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) her: that ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 31:18 — KJV
“(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) her: that is, the widow”
— Job 31:18 (KJV)
Job 31:18 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 31:18
“And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:18: brought, father, mother
“But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:18: youth, father, widow
“Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:”
Shares key themes with Job 31:18: brought, father, widow
“And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. kindred: Heb. families”
Shares key themes with Job 31:18: brought, father, mother
“And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. brought...: Heb. nourished fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance”
Shares key themes with Job 31:18: brought, father, mother
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