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Job 19:18 Meaning

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

Context Explained

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

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

18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

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

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

Key Themes

rejectionsufferingisolation

Related Cross References

  • Psalm 38:11

    Both verses express feelings of abandonment by loved ones.

  • Isaiah 53:3

    Both verses describe the experience of being despised.

  • John 1:11

    Jesus came to His own, but they did not receive Him.

Source: Job 19:18