Job 19:18
The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
In Context
17My breath was strange vnto my wife, though I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine owne body.
19All my secret friends abhorred me, and they whome I loued, are turned against me.
Cross References
Job 30:1Bvt now they that are yonger then I, mocke me: yea, they whose fathers I haue refused to set with the dogges of my flockes.
Isaiah 3:5The people shalbe oppressed one of another, and euery one by his neighbour: the children shall presume against the ancient, and the vile 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 →