King James Version
What Does Job 19:13 Mean?
“He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.”
Context
11
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
12
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(13) **He hath put my brethren far from me.**—The Psalmist has apparently copied this in Psalm 88:8. The sense of human desertion is hardly less terrible than that of being forsaken by God, and this has been added to him. It is not easy to read these sad complaints of Job without seeing how fitly they apply to the sorrows of the Man of sorrows. Those who, with the present writer, believe in the overruling presence of the Holy Ghost will adore His wisdom in this fitness; but at all events it shows how completely Christ entered into the very heart of human suffering, in that the deepest expressions of suffering inevitably remind us of Him, whether those expressions are met with in the Book of Job, in the Psalms of David, or in the Lamentations of Jeremiah.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
Job 19:13 contributes to our understanding of God's character and His relationship with humanity. Consider how this verse connects to the broader themes of Scripture.
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