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