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Job 19:18

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

KJV

Stulti quoque despiciebant me : et cum ab eis recessissem, detrahebant mihi.

Vulgate

οἱ δὲ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀπεποιήσαντό με· ὅταν ἀναστῶ, κατ’ ἐμοῦ λαλοῦσιν.

LXX

Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

ASV

גַּם עֲ֭וִילִים מָ֣אֲסוּ בִ֑/י אָ֝ק֗וּמָה וַ/יְדַבְּרוּ בִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×
עֲ֭וִילִים
'vylym
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 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
  • 2Kgs 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
  • 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.