Job 19:13
He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
In Context
14My relatives have abandoned me; my close friends have forgotten me.
Cross References
Job 6:20but their hopes were dashed—they came and found nothing.
Job 16:7God, you have worn me out. You have destroyed my whole family.
Psalms 31:11I am ridiculed by my enemies, particularly by my neighbors. My friends dread meeting me; people who see me in the street run the other way.
Psalms 38:11My loved ones and my friends don't come near me because they're afraid of what I've got. Even my family keeps me at a distance.
Psalms 69:8I have become a foreigner to my brother Israelites; a stranger to my very own brothers.
Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart—I am so sick there is no cure. I looked for some sympathy, but there was no one! Nobody showed me any compassion.
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 →