Catholic Public Domain Version
"Even the foolish have looked down on me, and, when I withdrew from them, they spoke ill of me. "
— Job 19:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.”
“Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me. ”
“Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.”
“Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.”
“Even fools despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spoke against me.”
“Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.”
“Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.”
The inhabitants of my house and my maidservants treat me just as if I were a stranger, and I have been like a sojourner in their eyes.
I called my servant, and he did not respond; I pleaded with him with my own mouth.
My wife has shuddered at my breath, and I have begged the sons of my loins.
Even the foolish have looked down on me, and, when I withdrew from them, they spoke ill of me.
Those who were sometimes my counselors, treat me like an abomination; and he whom I valued the most has turned against me.
Since my flesh has been consumed, my bone adheres to my skin, and only my lips have been left around my teeth.
Have mercy on me, have compassion on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.