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Job 19:13-19

King James Version (KJV)

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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. 15. 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. 18. Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. 19. All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

Job 19:13-19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 19:13

Theological / Devotional

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.”

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