Job 19:18 KJV

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

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  • God was the Author of his afflictionsHow 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:...

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Cross References

  • 2 Kings 2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Yea, young children גַּם gam Affirmation עֲוִילִים ʿăwîlîm עֲוִיל Noun · masculine plural
  • despised מָאֲסוּ māʾăsû מָאַס Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
  • me; I arose בִי bî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular אָקוּמָה ʾāqûmâ קוּם Verb · qal cohortative, first person common singular
  • and they spake וַיְדַבְּרוּ waydabbĕrû דָבַר Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and בִי bî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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