Job 19:18
Yea, children even despise me: I rise up, but they speak against me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
In Context
17My breath is become nauseous to my wife, and my caressing, to the children of my own body.
19All that have had my confidence abominate me; and those whom I have loved are turned against me.
Cross References
Job 30:1But now they who are younger than I in years laugh at me, whose fathers I scorned to put as equals with the dogs of my flocks.
Isaiah 3:5And so shall the people press man against man, and one against the other: the boy shall demean himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.
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 →