Job 19:14
My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
In Context
13He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.
Cross References
Job 42:11And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they ate bread with him in his house : and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one earring of fold.
Psalms 38:11My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.
Proverbs 18:24A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.
Micah 7:5Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.
John 13:18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth bread with me, shall lift up his heel against me.
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 →