Job 19:15
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
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 upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Read in contextJob 31:31–32
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
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