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Job 19:18

ShameLoneliness

16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
KJV
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
WEB
Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
ASV
Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.
DARBY
Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.
BLB
Even little boys despise me; I arise, and they speak against me.
ÅB
Endog barn forakter meg; vil jeg reise meg, så taler de mot meg.
OTB
Selv små barn forakter meg;
når jeg reiser meg, taler de imot meg.
B1930
Endog barn forakter mig; vil jeg reise mig, så taler de mot mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 2:23

    And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

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  • Job 30:12

    Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

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  • Job 30:1

    But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

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  • Isaiah 3:5

    And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

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