Job 19:18
But they rejected me forever; 1 Whenever I rise up, they speak against me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
In Context
17And I besought my wife, 1 And earnestly entreated the sons of my concubines. 1
19They that saw me abhorred me: 1 The very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me. 1
Cross References
Job 30:1But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, 1 Now they reprove me in their turn, 1 Whose fathers I set at nought; 1 Whom I did not deem worthy to be with my shepherd dogs. 1
Isaiah 3:5And the people shall fall, man upon man, and every man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base 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 →