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 Living Translation (NLT)“My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me.

Context of Job 19:13

11He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies. 12His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent. “He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. 14My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me. 15Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

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 31:11I am a reproach among all my enemies, But especially among my neighbors, And am repulsive to my acquaintances; Those who see me outside flee from me.
• Psalms 38:11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
• Psalms 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother’s children;
• Psalms 88:8You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;
• Matthew 26:56But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.
• 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them.
• Job 6:21For now you are nothing, You see 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