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English Standard Version

Job 19:13

"He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Friendship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Job;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Job, Book of;   Verily;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He has removed my brothers from me;my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Hebrew Names Version
"He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
King James Version
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
New Century Version
"God has made my brothers my enemies, and my friends have become strangers.
New English Translation
"He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
Amplified Bible
"He has put my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
New American Standard Bible
"He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances have completely turned away from me.
World English Bible
"He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.
Legacy Standard Bible
"He has removed my brothers far from me,And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
Berean Standard Bible
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Contemporary English Version
God has turned relatives and friends against me,
Complete Jewish Bible
"He has made my brothers keep their distance, those who know me are wholly estranged from me,
Darby Translation
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
Easy-to-Read Version
"God has made my brothers hate me. Those who knew me have become strangers.
George Lamsa Translation
My brothers are far off from me, and my acquaintances have deserted me.
Good News Translation
God has made my own family forsake me; I am a stranger to those who knew me;
Lexham English Bible
"He has removed my kinsfolk from me, and my acquaintances have only turned aside from me.
Literal Translation
He has put my brothers from me; and ones knowing me are truly alienated from me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He hath put my brethren farre awaye fro me, and soch as were of myne acquauntaunce, are become straugers vnto me.
American Standard Version
He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Bible in Basic English
He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
King James Version (1611)
Hee hath put my brethren farre from me, and mine acquaintance are verely estranged from me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He hath put my brethren farre away from me, and myne acquaintaunce are also become straungers vnto me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognized strangers rather than me: and my friends have become pitiless.
English Revised Version
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He made fer my britheren fro me; and my knowun as aliens yeden awei fro me.
Update Bible Version
He has put my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
Webster's Bible Translation
He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
New King James Version
"He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
New Living Translation
"My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me.
New Life Bible
"He has taken my brothers far away from me and my friends have all left me.
New Revised Standard
"He has put my family far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
My Brethren - from beside me, hath he moved far away, and, mine acquaintance, are wholly estranged from me;
Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.
Revised Standard Version
"He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
Young's Literal Translation
My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
THE MESSAGE
"God alienated my family from me; everyone who knows me avoids me. My relatives and friends have all left; houseguests forget I ever existed. The servant girls treat me like a bum off the street, look at me like they've never seen me before. I call my attendant and he ignores me, ignores me even though I plead with him. My wife can't stand to be around me anymore. I'm repulsive to my family. Even street urchins despise me; when I come out, they taunt and jeer. Everyone I've ever been close to abhors me; my dearest loved ones reject me. I'm nothing but a bag of bones; my life hangs by a thread.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

Contextual Overview

8 He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths. 9 He has stripped from me my glory and taken the crown from my head. 10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone, and my hope has he pulled up like a tree. 11 He has kindled his wrath against me and counts me as his adversary. 12 His troops come on together; they have cast up their siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. 13 "He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have failed me, my close friends have forgotten me. 15 The guests in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes. 16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, and I am a stench to the children of my own mother.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

put my brethren: Psalms 31:11, Psalms 38:11, Psalms 69:8, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 88:8, Psalms 88:18, Matthew 26:56, 2 Timothy 4:16

estranged: Job 6:21-23

Reciprocal: Job 18:20 - were affrighted Job 30:1 - they that are Job 30:10 - flee far Job 42:11 - all his brethren Psalms 54:3 - strangers Psalms 142:4 - but there was Proverbs 14:20 - poor Proverbs 19:4 - the poor Lamentations 1:2 - all her friends Lamentations 1:19 - for Matthew 10:36 - General Matthew 26:31 - and the Mark 14:50 - General Luke 23:49 - acquaintance

Cross-References

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord .
Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,
Genesis 19:1
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth
Genesis 19:5
And they called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them."
Genesis 19:6
Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him,
Genesis 19:8
Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof."
Genesis 19:9
But they said, "Stand back!" And they said, "This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them." Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down.
Genesis 19:12
Then the men said to Lot, "Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place.
Genesis 19:15
As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city."
Genesis 19:16
But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath put my brethren far from me,.... As it is one part of business in war to cut off all communication between the enemy and their confederates and auxiliaries, and to hinder them of all the help and assistance from them they can; so Job here represents God dealing with him as with an enemy, and therefore keeps at a distance from him all such from whom he might expect comfort and succour, as particularly his brethren; by whom may be meant such who in a natural relation are strictly and properly brethren; for such Job had, as appears from

Job 42:11; who afterwards paid him a visit, and showed brotherly love to him; but for the present the affliction that God laid upon him had such an influence on theft, as to cause them to stand aloof off, and not come near him, and show any regard unto him; and as this was the effect of the afflicting hand of God, Job ascribes it to him, and which added to his affliction; see Psalms 69:8;

and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me; such as knew him in the time of his prosperity, and frequently visited him, and conversed with him, and he with them; but now, things having taken a different turn in his outward circumstances, they carried it strange to him, as if they had never been acquainted with him: "si fueris felix", &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath put my brethren - This is a new source of afflication that he had not adverted to before, that God had caused all his children to be estranged from him - a calamity which he regarded as the crown of all his woes. The word rendered “my brethren” (אחי 'âchāy) means means properly “my brothers” - but whether he means literally his brothers, or whether he designs it to be taken in a figuratie sense as denoting his intimate friends, or those of the same rank in life or calling, it is impossible now to determine.

And mine acquaintance - My friends - on whom I relied in time of calamity.

And verily estranged - They have forgotten me, and treat me as a stranger. What an accurate description is this of what often occurs! In prosperity a man will be surrounded by friends; but as soon as his prosperity is stripped away, and he is overwhelmed with calamity, they withdraw, and leave him to suffer alone. Proud of his acquaintance before, they now pass him by as a stranger, or treat him with cold civility, and when he “needs” their friendship, they are gone.


 
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