Job 19:13
11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
15 My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- KJV
- He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
- WEB
- “He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
- ASV
- He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
- DARBY
- He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
- BLB
- My brothers He has put far from me, and my acquaintances surely are estranged from me.
- ÅB
- Mine brødre har han drevet langt bort fra meg, og mine kjenninger er blitt aldeles fremmede for meg.
- OTB
- «Han har fremmedgjort mine brødre fra meg,
og mine bekjente er fremmede for meg. - B1930
- Mine brødre har han drevet langt bort fra mig, og mine kjenninger er blitt aldeles fremmede for mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 88:8
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
Read in contextPsalms 69:8
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
Read in contextPsalms 88:18
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Read in contextPsalms 31:11
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
Read in contextPsalms 69:20
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
Read in contextJob 16:7
Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Read in contextMatthew 26:56
But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
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