Job 19:18
Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
In Context
17My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
19All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
Cross References
Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, 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 →