Job 19:15
13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
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
- My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
- KJV
- They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
- WEB
- Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.
- ASV
- They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
- DARBY
- The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
- BLB
- Those who sojourn in my house, and my maidservants, they reckon me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
- ÅB
- Mine husfolk og mine tjenestepiker akter meg for en fremmed; jeg er en utlending i deres øyne.
- OTB
- Beboerne i mitt hus og mine tjenestepiker betrakter meg som en fremmed;
jeg er en utlending i deres øyne. - B1930
- Mine husfolk og mine tjenestepiker akter mig for en fremmed; jeg er en utlending i deres øine.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 123:3
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
Read in contextJob 31:31–32
if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
Read in context