Job 19:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 2:23 : 23 And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.
Job 30:1 : 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 30:12 : 12 Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
Isa 3:5 : 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 19:19-20
2 verses
84%
19All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Job 19:11-17
7 verses
78%
11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.
12His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.
13He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
14My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
16I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth.
17My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.
Job 30:12-13
2 verses
77%
12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.
Job 30:1-2
2 verses
76%
1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
2Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.
Job 30:9-10
2 verses
76%
9And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
Ps 31:11
76%
11Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.
Ps 35:15
75%
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:
Job 16:8-10
3 verses
75%
8And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.
9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
Ps 73:15
75%
15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
Job 19:3
74%
3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
Ps 102:8
74%
8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
Job 19:5
74%
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;
Job 17:6
73%
6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Ps 41:7-8
2 verses
73%
7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
8An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
Jer 20:10
73%
10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Ps 25:19
73%
19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Job 30:19
73%
19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Ps 38:19
72%
19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Lam 3:14
72%
14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
Ps 22:6-7
2 verses
72%
6But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
Job 29:8
72%
8The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;
Ps 55:3
72%
3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
Ps 55:12
72%
12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:
Job 16:20
72%
20My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
Ps 69:8
72%
8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.
Ps 109:25
71%
25I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.
Ps 71:10
71%
10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
Ps 56:5
71%
5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Ps 38:11
71%
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
Lam 3:62
71%
62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Ps 129:2
71%
2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
Lam 3:3
71%
3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
Ps 38:16
71%
16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Ps 139:21
71%
21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Prov 5:12
71%
12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
Job 10:17
70%
17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.