Job 19:14
New International Version
My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me.

New Living Translation
My family is gone, and my close friends have forgotten me.

English Standard Version
My relatives have failed me, my close friends have forgotten me.

Berean Standard Bible
My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

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

New King James Version
My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me.

New American Standard Bible
“My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me.

NASB 1995
“My relatives have failed, And my intimate friends have forgotten me.

NASB 1977
“My relatives have failed, And my intimate friends have forgotten me.

Legacy Standard Bible
My relatives have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

Amplified Bible
“My relatives have failed [me], And my intimate friends have forgotten me.

Christian Standard Bible
My relatives stop coming by, and my close friends have forgotten me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My relatives stop coming by, and my close friends have forgotten me.

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

Contemporary English Version
and I am forgotten.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My relatives and my closest friends have stopped coming. My house guests have forgotten me.

Good News Translation
my relatives and friends are gone.

International Standard Version
my relatives have failed me; and my friends have abandoned me.

Majority Standard Bible
My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

NET Bible
My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.

New Heart English Bible
My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

Webster's Bible Translation
My kinsmen have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

World English Bible
My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
My neighbors have ceased "" And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

Young's Literal Translation
Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

Smith's Literal Translation
My kindred ceased, and they acquainted with me forgot me.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
My kinsmen have forsaken me, and those who knew me, have forgotten me.

New American Bible
My relatives and companions neglect me, my guests have forgotten me.

New Revised Standard Version
My relatives and my close friends have failed me;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
My kinsfolk have failed me, and my familiar friends have forsaken me.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
My neighbors are cut off from my presence and my acquaintances have forgotten me
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, and they that knew my name, have forgotten me.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Job: My Redeemer Lives
13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. 14My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. 15My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.…

Cross References
Psalm 38:11
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

Psalm 88:18
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

Proverbs 19:7
All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

Lamentations 1:2
She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

Lamentations 1:19
I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

Micah 7:5-6
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. / 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.

Matthew 10:21
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

Matthew 10:35-36
For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. / A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’

Luke 12:52-53
From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. / They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

John 7:5
For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

John 16:32
“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

Psalm 31:11
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.

Psalm 69:8
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

Isaiah 49:15
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!


Treasury of Scripture

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

kinsfolk

Psalm 38:11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

Proverbs 18:24
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Micah 7:5,6
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom…

familiar

2 Samuel 16:23
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

Psalm 55:12-14
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: …

Jeremiah 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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My kinsmen
The Hebrew word for "kinsmen" is "גְּאוּלַי" (ge'ulai), which refers to close relatives or family members. In the ancient Near Eastern context, family ties were of utmost importance, often providing social and economic support. Job's lament here underscores the depth of his isolation, as even those bound by blood have abandoned him. This reflects the cultural expectation that family should be a source of unwavering support, highlighting the profound nature of Job's suffering and alienation.

have failed me
The phrase "have failed me" is derived from the Hebrew "חָדַל" (chadal), meaning to cease or desist. This suggests a complete withdrawal or cessation of support from his kinsmen. In the context of Job's trials, this abandonment is not just a physical absence but an emotional and spiritual desertion. It emphasizes the totality of Job's isolation, as those who should have been his refuge in times of distress have ceased to fulfill their roles.

and my friends
The term "friends" in Hebrew is "מְיֻדָּעַי" (meyuda'ai), indicating those with whom one shares a close, personal relationship. In the cultural and historical context of the Bible, friendships were often covenantal, involving mutual loyalty and support. Job's reference to his friends highlights the betrayal he feels, as these relationships, which should have been a source of comfort, have instead become a source of pain.

have forgotten me
The Hebrew word "שָׁכַח" (shakach) means to forget or ignore. This implies a deliberate neglect or disregard, rather than a mere lapse in memory. In the scriptural context, forgetting someone often carries a moral implication, suggesting a failure to fulfill one's obligations. Job's use of this term conveys a deep sense of betrayal and neglect, as those who were once close to him have chosen to overlook his plight, compounding his suffering and sense of abandonment.

Verse 14. - My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me (see Psalm 41:9).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
My kinsmen
קְרוֹבָ֑י (qə·rō·w·ḇāy)
Adjective - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7138: Near

have failed me,
חָדְל֥וּ (ḥā·ḏə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

and my friends
וּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥י (ū·mə·yud·dā·‘ay)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3045: To know

have forgotten me.
שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ (šə·ḵê·ḥū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention


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