(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

(But from my youth He grew up with me as with a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)

(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb;)