Job 19:16
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
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.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against 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
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Read in contextJob 1:19
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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