But back to the present – verse 10. If you have an Authorised Version you will notice that the ‘with’ is in italics.
What insincerity and sham are illustrated here! We go out into the world, we have become of age, we go out to make our fortunes, as it were, to live our lives and what meets us? The world – what is it? A sham. A pack of lies. What is it? People who are actually concerned about us? No, a world trying to fleece us, trying to drag us down, trying to put itself across us. A world full of false promises, raising false hopes. Oh, the vulnerability of people, growing up and going out unprepared into the world.