Job 31:18
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
KJV
(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum) ;
Vulgate
ὅτι ἐκ νεότητός μου ἐξέτρεφον ὡς πατήρ, καὶ ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου ὡδήγησα·
LXX
(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);
ASV
כִּ֣י מִ֭/נְּעוּרַ/י גְּדֵלַ֣/נִי כְ/אָ֑ב וּ/מִ/בֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣/י אַנְחֶֽ/נָּה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
י
y
noun · 72×
י
y
noun · 46×
יִגְדַּ֣ל
ygdl
verb · 114×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 38×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Was the Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, sanctified before her birth from the womb? Was she sanctified before animation? Was the fomes of sin entirely taken away from her in virtue of this sanctification? Was the result of this sanctification that she never sinned? In virtue of this sanctification, did she receive the fulness of grace? Was it proper to her to be thus sanctified? …