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

11His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy. 12His troops advance. They build up roads to attack me. They camp all around my tent. “My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me. 14My family is gone, and my close friends have forgotten me. 15My servants and maids consider me a stranger. I am like a foreigner to them.

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 scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbors— even my friends are afraid to come near me. When they see me on the street, they run the other way.
• Psalms 38:11My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance.
• Psalms 69:8Even my own brothers pretend they don’t know me; they treat me like a stranger.
• Psalms 88:8You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.
• Matthew 26:56But this is all happening to fulfill the words of the prophets as recorded in the Scriptures.” At that point, all the disciples deserted him and fled.
• 2 Timothy 4:16The first time I was brought before the judge, no one came with me. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be counted against them.
• Job 6:21You, too, have given no help. You have seen my calamity, and you 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