Job 19:13
He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
In Context
12His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Cross References
Job 6:20They were put to shame because they had hoped. They came there, and were confounded.
Job 16:7But now he has made me weary. Thou have made desolate all my company.
Psalms 31:11I have become a reproach because of all my adversaries, yea, to my neighbors exceedingly, and a fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me outside fled from me.
Psalms 38:11Those I love and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's sons.
Psalms 69:20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
Matthew Henry on Job 19:9-23
Job Complains of God's Displeasure; Job Complains of His Friends. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my… Read the whole commentary →