Job 19:14
in Job 19My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
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ASV
My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
KJV
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
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This verse in Job 19
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
My kinsfolk have failed - My neighbors (קרובי qârôbāy), those who were near to me. It may refer to “nearness” of affinity, friendship, or residence. The essential idea is that of “nearness” - whether by blood, affection, or vicinity. In Psa 38:11, it denotes near friends. And my familiar friends - Those who knew me - מידעי myudā‛ay. The allusion is to those who were “intimately” acquainted with him, or who were his bosom friends.
This site's exposition
He has removed my brothers from me
on Job 19:13-16
The catalogue of estrangement descends by rank through a patriarchal household. Henry marks the inversion of the last pair, a lord begging his own servant and refused, as the depth of the humiliation. Gill notes that every relation the restoration of 42:11 names again is lost here first.
This site's exposition
My kinsmen have failed me
Barnes explains that the word for kinsmen means those near to Job, by blood, love or residence. Clarke reads failed as departed: they left his tent once there was no gain in staying. Kinsmen and friends go together.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
He hath put my brethren far from me; and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk, have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
As to his blood relatives or who depend on him in any way he says, "My relatives abandoned me," not bringing me any aid. As for those, however, with whom he had been associated once he says, "and those who knew me," that is, once …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
A certain number for an uncertain. Strange - That you carry yourselves like strangers to me, and condemn me as if you had never known my integrity. Erred - If I have sinned, I myself suffer for my sins, and therefore deserve your pity rather than reproaches.
My kinsfolk have failed,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
My kinsfolk have failed - Literally, departed: they have all left my house, now there is no more hope of gain.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חָדְל֥וּ | chadelu | they have ceased | H2308 → | 58 times |
| קְרוֹבָ֑י | kerovai | kindred my | H7138 → | 77 times |
| וּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥י | umeyudaai | and acquaintances my | H3045 → | 945 times |
| שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ | shekhechuni | they have forgotten me | H7911 → | 102 times |
חָדְל֥וּthey have ceased
chadeluH2308 →58 times
קְרוֹבָ֑יkindred my
kerovaiH7138 →77 times
וּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥יand acquaintances my
umeyudaaiH3045 →945 times
שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃they have forgotten me
shekhechuniH7911 →102 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
it leads to
- Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- John 15:13–15
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- Proverbs 27:9
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
- 2 Samuel 1:26
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
- 2 Samuel 9:1–13
Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
- Proverbs 17:17
Through
Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
it leads to
- Luke 21:16–17
You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
- Micah 7:5–6
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Mark 13:12–13
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- Luke 21:16–17
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIV; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.