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 advance together; they construct a ramp against me and camp around my tent. 13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. My relatives stop coming by, and my close friends have forgotten me. 15My house guests and female servants regard me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. 16I call for my servant, but he does not answer, even if I beg him with my own mouth.

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 friends stand back from my affliction, and my relatives stand at a distance.
• Proverbs 18:24One with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
• Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; don’t trust in a close companion. Seal your mouth from the woman who lies in your arms.
• Matthew 10:21“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
• 2 Samuel 16:23Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God — such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
• Psalms 55:12Now it is not an enemy who insults me — otherwise I could bear it; it is not a foe who rises up against me — otherwise I could hide from him.
• Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the gossip of many people, “Terror is on every side! Report him; let’s report him!” Everyone I trusted watches for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we might prevail against him and take our vengeance on him.”
• John 13:18“I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats my bread has raised his heel against me.

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