Job 19 · Verse 13

Job 19:13

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
Job 19:13, King James Version

Job 19:13 in other translations

BSBHe has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
WEB“He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
ASVHe hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
YLTMy brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
DARBYHe hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
BBEHe has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.
WebsterHe hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

What does Job 19:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. brethren--nearest kinsmen, as distinguished from "acquaintance." So "kinsfolk" and "familiar friends" (Job 19:14) correspond in parallelism. The Arabic proverb is, "The brother, that is, the true friend, is only known in time of need." estranged--literally, "turn away with disgust." Job again unconsciously uses language prefiguring the desertion of Jesus Christ (Job 16:10; Lu 23:49; Psa 38:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 19:8-22

How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall not feel it hereafter. It is a very common mistake to think that those whom God afflicts he treats as his enemies. Every creature is that to us which God makes it to be; yet this does not excuse Job's relations and friends…

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Job 19:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַ֭חַי'A.chaibrothers myH251
מֵעָלַ֣יme.'a.Laifrom with <the> meH5921
הִרְחִ֑יקhir.Chikhe has put far awayH7368
וְ֝יֹדְעַ֗יve.yo.de.'Aiand acquaintances myH3045
אַךְ\־'akh-surelyH389
זָ֥רוּZa.ruthey have become estrangedH2114
מִמֶּֽנִּי\׃mi.Me.nifrom meH4480

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 19:13

  • Psalms 88:8

    Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

  • Psalms 69:8

    I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

  • Psalms 88:18

    Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

  • Psalms 31:11

    I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

  • Psalms 69:20

    Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

  • Job 16:7

    But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

  • 2 Timothy 4:16

    At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

  • Matthew 26:56

    But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

  • Psalms 38:11

    My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

  • Job 6:21-23

    For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
put my brethren.
Ps 31:11; 38:11; 69:8,20; 88:8,18; Mt 26:56; 2Ti 4:16
estranged.
6:21-23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 19:12

    His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

  • Job 19:13

    He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

  • Job 19:14

    My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

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Job 19:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hizo alejar de mí mis hermanos, y positivamente se extrañaron de mí mis conocidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il a éloigné de moi mes frères, et ceux de ma connaissance me sont devenus entièrement étrangers;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Meine Brüder hat er von mir entfernt, und meine Bekannten sind mir ganz entfremdet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fratres meos longe fecit a me, et noti mei quasi alieni recesserunt a me.