Job 19:14 “My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.”

Job 19:14

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

Bible in Basic English

My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds.

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Cross references

“kinsfolk”

Psalm 38:11 Proverbs 18:24 Matthew 10:21 Micah 7:5 Micah 7:6

Psalm 38:11 · BSB

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

Proverbs 18:24 · BSB

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Matthew 10:21 · BSB

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

Micah 7:5 · BSB

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.

Micah 7:6 · BSB

For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

“familiar”

2 Samuel 16:23 Psalm 55:12–14 Jeremiah 20:10 John 13:18

2 Samuel 16:23 · BSB

Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

Psalm 55:12–14 · BSB

For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

Jeremiah 20:10 · BSB

For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our ve…

John 13:18 · BSB

I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

15My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

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