Tree of Life Version
Job 19:13
13“He removed my brothers far from me; my acquaintances are only strangers to me.
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 anger burns against me, and He considers me among His enemies. 12His troops advance together; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. “He removed my brothers far from me; my acquaintances are only strangers to me. 14My relatives have gone away and my close friends have forgotten me. 15My houseguests and my maidservants consider me a stranger. I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
Read all of Job 19Job 19:13 word by word
אַ֭חַי מֵעָלַ֣י הִרְחִ֑יק וְ֝יֹדְעַ֗י אַךְ־זָ֥רוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 19:13
- Psalms 31:11For my life is consumed in sorrow and my years in sighing. My strength fails because of my anguish and my bones waste away.
- Psalms 38:11My heart pounds, my strength fails me. The light of my eyes—also, not with me.
- Psalms 69:8For I have endured scorn for Your sake. Disgrace has covered my face.
- Psalms 88:8Your wrath lies heavily on me. You afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
- Matthew 26:56But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples fled, abandoning Him.
- 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood by me; instead, they all deserted me—may it not be counted against them!
- Job 6:21“Indeed, now you have become nothing; 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
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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
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