Job 19:18

Job 19:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
• New International Version (NIV)Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Even young children despise me; when I rise they talk against me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Even young children despise me; I arise, and they speak against me.

Context of Job 19:18

16I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth. 17My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb. Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me. 19All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me. 20My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Job 19:18 word by word

גַּם־עֲ֭וִילִים מָ֣אֲסוּ בִ֑י אָ֝ק֗וּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• youngעֲוִיל‛ăvîyl · boyH5759
• riseקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
• speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Job 19:18

• Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
• 2 Kings 2:23And he went up from thence to Bethel, and as he went up by the way, there came forth little boys out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head; go up, bald head!
• Isaiah 3:5And the people shall be oppressed one by the other, and each by his neighbour; the child will be insolent against the elder, and the base against the honourable.

Commentaries on Job 19:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Yea, young children - Margin, or “the wicked.” This difference between the text and the margin arises from the ambiguity of the original word - עוילים ‛ăvı̂ylı̂ym The word עויל ‛ăvı̂yl (whence our word “evil”) means sometimes the wicked, or the ungodly, as in Job 16:11. It may also mean a child, or suckling, (from עוּל ‛ûl - to give milk, to suckle, 1 Samuel 7:7-10; Genesis 22:13: Isaiah 40:11; compare Isaiah 49:15; Isaiah 65:20,) and is doubtless used…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall not feel it hereafter. It is a very common mistake to think that those whom God afflicts he treats as his enemies. Every creature is that to us which God makes it to be; yet this does not excuse Job's relations and friends. How uncertain is the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. young children--So the Hebrew means (Job 21:11). Reverence for age is a chief duty in the East. The word means "wicked" (Job 16:11). So Umbreit has it here, not so well. I arose--Rather, supply "if," as Job was no more in a state to stand up. "If I stood up (arose), they would speak against (abuse) me" [Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Children
• Friendship
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Mouth
• Net

Commentaries on Job 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings