Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Be like a father to the fatherless, and be like a husband to their mother. You will then be like a son of the Most High, and his love for you will surpass that of your own mother.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Be a father to orphans, and be like a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
Good News Translation®
Be like a father to orphans, and provide widows with the help their husbands can no longer give them. Then you will be like a child of the Most High, and he will love you more than your own mother does.
Wycliffe Bible
In deeming be thou merciful as a father to fatherless children, and be thou for an husband to the mother of them; and thou shalt be as an obedient [or as an obeisant] son of the Highest, and he shall have mercy on thee more than a mother hath mercy on her child.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Be like a father to orphans, and instead of a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Be a father to orphans, and be like a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Be a father to orphans, and be like a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
Common English Bible © 2011
Be like a parent to orphans, and take care of their mothers as you would your own wife or husband. Do this, and you will be like a child of the Most High, and God will love you more than your own mother does.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Be like a father to orphans, and take the place of a husband to widows. Then God will call you his child, and he will be merciful to you and deliver you from the pit.
Revised Standard Version
Be like a father to orphans, and instead of a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Be a father to orphans, and be like a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.