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 call my servant but he does not reply though I beg him with my own mouth. 17My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my children. Even young children despise me; when I stand, they speak against me. 19All my close friends despise me; those I love have turned against me. 20My bones cling to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

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 they mock me— those younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
• 2 Kings 2:23From there he went up to Bethel. As he was going up along the road, some young boys came out of the city. They mocked him saying to him, “Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!”
• Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another— each one by his fellow, each one by his neighbor. The child will be insolent to the aged, and dishonorable to the honorable.

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