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 tell my servant to come to me but he does not come. I ask him to help me, but he does nothing. 17My wife moves away from the smell of my breath. My brothers stay away from me. Even young children insult me. When I stand up, they laugh at me. 19My best friends hate me. People that I love have turned against me. 20My body is now only skin and bones. I still breathe but I am only just alive.

Job 19:18 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yea, young childrenעֲוִיל‛ăvîyl · boyH5759
• despisedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• me; I aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• and they spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Job 19:18

• Job 30:1‘But now it is different. Men who are younger than I am laugh at me. I would not even trust their fathers to take care of my sheep.
• 2 Kings 2:23Elisha went from Jericho to Bethel. While he travelled along the road, some boys came out of the town. They laughed at Elisha. They shouted at him, ‘Bald man, move on! Go away, you bald man!’
• Isaiah 3:5People will be cruel to each other. Men will argue against one another and neighbours will fight each other. Young people will insult older people. And useless people will speak against people that they should respect.

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