Job 19:13

Brethren. Whether Job refers to his literal brothers (ch. 42:11), or whether he used the term in a figurative sense to apply to intimate friends, or those of the same rank in life, is not clear. This verse is the first of a series of expressions describing his friends and relatives and their attitude toward him. In ch. 19:13-19 the following expressions occur: “brethren,” “acquaintance,” “kinsfolk,” “familiar friends,” “they that dwell in mine house,” “maids,” “servant,” “wife,” “children,” “inward friends,” “they whom I loved.”