Job 19:16
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.
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.
18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
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
- I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
- KJV
- I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
- WEB
- I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
- ASV
- I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth.
- DARBY
- I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
- BLB
- I call to my servant, and he does not answer; with my mouth I seek favor from him.
- ÅB
- Kaller jeg på min tjener, så svarer han ikke; med egen munn må jeg bønnfalle ham.
- OTB
- Jeg roper til min tjener, men han svarer ikke;
jeg må bønnfalle ham med min egen munn. - B1930
- Kaller jeg på min tjener, så svarer han ikke; med egen munn må jeg bønnfalle ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 1:15–17
the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read in contextJob 1:19
when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read in context