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16 When I summon my servant, he does not respond,
    no matter how much I plead with him.
17 “My wife finds my breath repulsive;
    my stench is loathsome to my relatives.
18 Even young children despise me;[a]
    when I approach, they turn their backs on me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:18 Even young children despise me: this fact was a great embarrassment in a patriarchal society, which insisted that its elders be respected and honored (see Ex 20:12).