Job 19:14
My relatives have abandoned me; my close friends have forgotten me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
In Context
13He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.
15My house guests and my maidservants treat me as a stranger—to them I have become a foreigner.
Cross References
Job 42:11Then all his brothers and sisters and friends he'd previously known came and ate with him at his home. They showed him sympathy and comforted him because of all the trouble the Lord had caused him. Each one of them gave him money and a gold ring.
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.
Proverbs 18:24Some friends give up on you, but there's a friend who stays closer to you than a brother.
Micah 7:5Don't trust a neighbor, don't rely on a friend. Watch what you say even to the one who lies in your arms.
John 13:18I'm not talking about all of you—I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill Scripture: ‘The one who shares my food has turned 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 →