Job 19:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.”
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BSBPD
“My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 19:14 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 16:23Now 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.
- Job 42:11All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
- Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
- Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
- Psalms 55:12For 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.
- Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
- Jeremiah 20:10For 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 vengeance upon him.”
- Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- John 13:18I 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.’
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