Job 19:15

Job 19:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
• New International Version (NIV)My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The guests in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

Context of Job 19:15

13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me. 14My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me. The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. 16I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth. 17My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.

Job 19:15 word by word

גָּ֘רֵ֤י בֵיתִ֣י וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי לְזָ֣ר תַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִי נָ֝כְרִ֗י הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• amהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• alienנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237

Cross-references for Job 19:15

• Job 19:16I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
• Job 31:31If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? —
• Psalms 123:3Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Commentaries on Job 19:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15They that dwell in mine house - In this and the following verses the disregard and contempt usually shown to men who have fallen from affluence and authority into poverty and dependence, are very forcibly described: formerly reverenced by all, now esteemed by none. Pity to those who have fallen into adversity is rarely shown; the rich have many friends, and to him who appears to be gaining worldly substance much court is paid; for many worship the rising…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15They that dwell in mine house - The trials came to his very dwelling, and produced a sad estrangement there. The word used here גרי gārēy from גוּר gûr means properly those who “sojourn” in a house for a little time. It may refer to guests, strangers, servants, clients, or tenants. The essential idea is, that they were not “permanent” residents, though for a time they were inmates of the family. Jerome renders the place, “Inquilini domus meoe - the…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. 1515. They that dwell, &c.--rather, "sojourn": male servants, sojourning in his house. Mark the contrast. The stranger admitted to sojourn as a dependent treats the master as a stranger in his own house.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Friendship
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Mouth
• Net
• Alien
• Count
• Maid; Maiden

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