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Job 19:18

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Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
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  1. 2 Kings 2:23Rank 1 from verse 18
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    23¶ And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

  2. Job 30:1Rank 2 from verse 18
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    1BUT now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

  3. Job 30:12Rank 3 from verse 18
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    12Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

  4. Isaiah 3:5Rank 4 from verse 18
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    5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

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Job 19:18

COMBINED MEANING

yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

young

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1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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arose

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1. Rose, stood up, got up, or moved upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. Began, emerged, appeared, came into being, or came forward. 3. Took action, intervened, or undertook the stated work. 4. Rose from death; returned to life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

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19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

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