Job 19:18
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 19 connects to 4 cross-references. Job delivers one of the most poignant speeches in the book, cataloguing how God has surrounded him with darkness, stripped his glory, and alienated family and friends. Amid this desolation he utters the famous declaration of hope: 'I know that …
Other Translations
Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.
Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me.
Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.
Cross References
And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth …
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have …
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways …
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave …