Job 19:18 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Job 19:16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.

Job 19:17 My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

Job 19:18 Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.

Job 19:19 All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

Job 19:20 My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "even", "young", "children", "despise", "arise", "speak", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "young", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "My breath is offensive to my wife..." into verse 19's "All my familiar friends abhor me They...", so "even" and "young" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "even" and "young" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.