Job 19:14
My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
In Context
13“He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
15Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.
Cross References
Job 42:11Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, came to him and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
Psalms 38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Micah 7:5Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
John 13:18I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has 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 →