Job 19:18
Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
In Context
17My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
19All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Cross References
Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
Isaiah 3:5And the people shall oppress one another, every man his fellow, and every man his neighbour; the child shall behave insolently against the aged, and the base against the honourable,
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 →