Job 19:14
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Cross References
Job 42:11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.
Psalms 38:11(38-12) My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Proverbs 18:24There are friends that one hath to his own hurt; but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Micah 7:5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a familiar friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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 →