Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 19:18

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18. young children —So the Hebrew means ( Job 21:11 ). Reverence for age is a chief duty in the East. The word means "wicked" ( Job 16:11 ). So UMBREIT has it here, not so well. I arose —Rather, supply "if," as Job was no more in a state to stand up. "If I stood up (arose), they would speak against (abuse) me" [UMBREIT]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"