Job 19:18

"My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother."

Key Reflection

In Job 19:18, these words depict a profound spiritual and physical deterioration. Job's condition has become so distressing that even his wife finds it unbearable, symbolizing the extent of his suffering and its impact on those closest to him. This also foreshadows deeper themes of divine judgment and the testing of faith, highlighting how even one’s own family can turn away in horror during times of great adversity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Yea, young children -Margin, or “the wicked.” This difference between the text and the margin arises from the ambiguity of the original word -עוילים‛ăvı̂ylı̂ym. The wordעויל‛ăvı̂yl(whence our word “evil”) means sometimes the wicked, or the ungodly, as inJob 16:11. It may also mean a child, or suckling, (fromעוּל‛ûl- to give milk, to suckle,1 Samuel 7:7-10;Genesis 22:13: Ps. 77:71;Isaiah 40:11; compareIsaiah 49:15;Isaiah 65:20,) and is doubtless used in this sense here. Jerome, however, renders it “stulti- fools.” The Septuagint, strangely enough, “They renounced me forever.” Dr.

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