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

Young children. So the Hebrew х `ªwiyliym (H5759), from `uwl (H5763), to suck] 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 should stand up (arise), they would speak against (abuse) me' (Umbreit), (Ps. 1:20 , "Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother," etc.)

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