Job 19:13

Job 19:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
• New International Version (NIV)“He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

Context of Job 19:13

11Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies. 12His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent. “He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me. 14My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me. 15My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes.

Job 19:13 word by word

אַ֭חַי מֵעָלַ֣י הִרְחִ֑יק וְ֝יֹדְעַ֗י אַךְ־זָ֥רוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath putרָחַקrâchaq · to removeH7368
• my brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• from me, and mine acquaintanceיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• are verily estrangedזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114

Cross-references for Job 19:13

• Psalms 31:11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering – those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.
• Psalms 38:11Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.
• Psalms 69:8My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.
• Psalms 88:8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
• Matthew 26:56But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
• 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.
• Job 6:21For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

Commentaries on Job 19:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13He hath put my brethren - This is a new source of afflication that he had not adverted to before, that God had caused all his children to be estranged from him - a calamity which he regarded as the crown of all his woes. The word rendered “my brethren” (אחי 'âchāy ) means means properly “my brothers” - but whether he means literally his brothers, or whether he designs it to be taken in a figuratie sense as denoting his intimate friends, or those of 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. 1313. brethren--nearest kinsmen, as distinguished from "acquaintance." So "kinsfolk" and "familiar friends" (Job 19:14) correspond in parallelism. The Arabic proverb is, "The brother, that is, the true friend, is only known in time of need." estranged--literally, "turn away with disgust." Job again unconsciously uses language prefiguring the desertion of Jesus Christ (Job 16:10; Lu 23:49; Psa 38:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Friendship

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Mouth
• Net
• Verily, Verity

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