Job 19:18
Even young children despise me; when I stand up they ridicule me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
In Context
17I am repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own brothers.
19All my closest friends despise me, and those I loved have turned on me.
Cross References
Job 30:1But now people much younger than me laugh at me; people whose fathers I would not put to work with my sheepdogs.
Isaiah 3:5People will mistreat one another, person against person, neighbor against neighbor; the young will assault the old, and the dregs of society will attack those who are reputable.
Matthew Henry on Job 19:9-23
Job Complains of God's Displeasure; Job Complains of His Friends. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my… Read the whole commentary →