Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Even young boys scorn me.
When I stand up, they mock me.

New American Standard Bible

“Even young children despise me;
I rise up and they speak against me.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Even little children hate me; when I get up, they mock me.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Even young children despise me;
When I get up, they speak against me.

Bible in Basic English

Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

Darby Translation

Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.

Julia Smith Translation

Also children rejected me; I shall arise, and they will speak against me.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Little boys also despise me; [when] I rise, then they talk against me.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea the children despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spake evil upon me.

NET Bible

Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Even young children, despise me, I rise up, and they speak against me;

Webster

Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עויל 
`aviyl 
Usage: 3

מאס 
Ma'ac 
Usage: 76

me I arose
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

and they spake
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

Context Readings

I Am Forgotten

17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
and my own family finds me repulsive.
18 Even young boys scorn me.
When I stand up, they mock me.
19 All of my best friends despise me,
and those I love have turned against me.



Cross References

2 Kings 2:23

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!”

Job 30:1

But now they mock me,
men younger than I am,
whose fathers I would have refused to put
with my sheep dogs.

Job 30:12

The rabble rise up at my right;
they trap my feet
and construct their siege ramp against me.

Isaiah 3:5

The people will oppress one another,
man against man, neighbor against neighbor;
the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder,
and the worthless toward the honorable.

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