Job 19:14
My kinsfolk have forsaken me, And my bosom friends have forgotten me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
In Context
13My brethren he hath put far from me, And my acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Cross References
Job 42:11Then came to him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and ate bread with him in his house; and condoled with him, and comforted him over all the evil which Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money [[a kesita]], and every one a ring of gold.
Psalms 38:11My friends and acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:
Proverbs 18:24A man of many friends will show himself false; Yet there is a friend who sticketh closer than a brother.
Micah 7:5Trust ye not in a friend! Put no confidence in a guide! From her that lieth in thy bosom Keep the doors of thy mouth!
John 13:18I speak not of you all; I know whom I chose; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, “He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted 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 →