Job 19:14

Job 19:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
• New International Version (NIV)My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My relatives have failed me, my close friends have forgotten me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me.

Context of Job 19:14

12His troops come together And build up their way and siege works against me And camp around my tent. 13“He has put my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. My relatives have failed [me], And my intimate friends have forgotten me. 15Those who live [temporarily] in my house and my maids consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. 16I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with words.

Job 19:14 word by word

חָדְל֥וּ קְרוֹבָ֑י וּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥י שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My kinsfolkקָרֹבqârôb qârôb · nearH7138
• have failedחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• and my familiar friendsיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• have forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911

Cross-references for Job 19:14

• Psalms 38:11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my neighbors stand far away.
• Proverbs 18:24The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in pieces and come to ruin, But there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother.
• Micah 7:5Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land]; Do not have confidence in a friend. Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.
• Matthew 10:21“Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up and rebel against their parents and cause them to be put to death.
• 2 Samuel 16:23The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man had consulted the word of God; that is how all Ahithophel’s counsel was regarded by both David and Absalom.
• Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who taunts me— Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me— Then I could hide from him.
• Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering and defaming words of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” All my familiar and trusted friends, [Those who are] watching for my fall, say, “Perhaps he will be persuaded and deceived; then we will overcome him, And take our revenge on him.”
• John 13:18I am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but [this has happened] in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled: ‘He who eats My bread has raised up his heel against Me [as My enemy].’

Commentaries on Job 19:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14My kinsfolk have failed - Literally, departed: they have all left my house, now there is no more hope of gain.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14My kinsfolk have failed - My neighbors (קרובי qârôbāy ), those who were near to me. It may refer to “nearness” of affinity, friendship, or residence. The essential idea is that of “nearness” - whether by blood, affection, or vicinity. In Psalm 38:11, it denotes near friends. And my familiar friends - Those who knew me - מידעי myudā‛ay The allusion is to those who were “intimately” acquainted with him, or who were his bosom friends.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall not feel it hereafter. It is a very common mistake to think that those whom God afflicts he treats as his enemies. Every creature is that to us which God makes it to be; yet this does not excuse Job's relations and friends. How uncertain is the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-29SECOND SERIES. 2. How long, &c.--retorting Bildad's words (Job 18:2). Admitting the punishment to be deserved, is it kind thus ever to be harping on this to the sufferer? And yet even this they have not yet proved.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:14

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Friendship

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Mouth
• Net
• Familiar
• Lead

Commentaries on Job 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings