'Young' in the Bible

When Esther's young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was greatly distressed. She sent clothes for Mordecai to put on so he could take off the sackcloth that he had on, but he would not take them.

"Go and gather all the Jewish people who are in Susa and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, night or day. Both I and my young women will also fast in the same way, and then I'll go in to the king, even though it's against the law. And if I perish, I perish."

So the king asked, "What honor and distinction was bestowed on Mordecai for this?" The young men who served the king answered, "Nothing was done for him."

The king's young men told him, "Look, Haman is standing in the courtyard." The king said, "Let him come in."

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

the presence of water will make it to bud so that it sprouts new branches like a young plant.

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

His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.

They release their children to play like sheep; their young ones dance about,

"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones.

The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

“The proud beasts [and their young] have not walked on it,Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

When yet the Mighty One is with me. Round about me -- my young ones,

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

At my right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

I have made a covenant with my eyes.How then could I look at a young woman?

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;

They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?

“Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her sons?

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

"Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young?

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

The voice of the Lord makes the doe labor and give birthAnd strips the forests bare;And in His temple all are saying, “Glory!”

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Lord, how long will You look on?Rescue my life from their ravages,my only one from the young lions.

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

She is brought to the king [in] colorful garments. [The] young women behind her, her attendants, [are] being brought to you.

“I shall take no young bull out of your houseNor male goats out of your folds.

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

"Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Singers lead the way,with musicians following;among them are young womenplaying tambourines.

And it will please the Lord better than an oxOr a young bull with horns and hoofs.

For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my security since I was young.

O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.

God’s anger flared up against them,and He killed some of their best men.He struck down Israel’s choice young men.

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: "I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

He spoke, and locusts came—young locusts without number.

They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.

Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,Your young men are to You as the dew.

He will bless his loyal followers, both young and old.

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So are the sons of the young men.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vinewithin your house,your sons, like young olive treesaround your table.

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.

How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff!

May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife --

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

In the twilight, in the evening;In the black and dark night.

She has sent out her young women, while calling out from the heights of the city,

It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

Even a young man is known by his actions—if his behavior is pure and upright.

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.

The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

the way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a snake on a rock,the way of a ship at sea,and the way of a man with a young woman.

I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.

A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.

I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating;your name is perfume poured out.No wonder young women adore you.

Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!

M If you do not know,most beautiful of women,follow the tracks of the flock,and pasture your young goatsnear the shepherds’ tents.

M Like a lily among thorns,so is my darling among the young women.

W Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest,so is my love among the young men.I delight to sit in his shade,and his fruit is sweet to my taste.