Job 19:13
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Berean Standard Bible
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 advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
14My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
Cross References
Job 6:20They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
Job 16:7Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
Psalms 31:11Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Psalms 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
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 →