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Job 19:18
Job 19:18 is verse 18 of Job chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
King James Version
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
World English Bible
Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
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Job 19:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
20 My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
Job 30:12The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
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!”
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.