Job 31:18

New English Translation

¹⁸but from my youth I raised the orphan^[a] like a father,
and from my mother’s womb^[b] I guided the widow^[c]—

Job 31:18 tn Heb “he grew up with me.” Several commentators have decided to change the pronoun to “I,” and make it causative.
Job 31:18 tn The expression “from my mother’s womb” is obviously hyperbolic. It is a way of saying “all his life.”
Job 31:18 tn Heb “I guided her,” referring to the widow mentioned in v. 16.

New English Translation (NET)