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 Living Translation (NLT)My family is gone, and my close friends have forgotten me.

Context of Job 19:14

12His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent. 13“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. My 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. 16I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my 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 my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
• Proverbs 18:24A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
• Micah 7:5Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.
• Matthew 10:21“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
• 2 Samuel 16:23Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
• Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him.
• Jeremiah 20:10For I heard many mocking: “Fear on every side!” “Report,” they say, “and we will report it!” All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying, “Perhaps he can be induced; Then we will prevail against him, And we will take our revenge on him.”
• John 13:18“I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up 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