Job 19:18

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.”

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BSBPD

“Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 19:18 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 2:23From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
  2. Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
  3. Job 30:12The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
  4. Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

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