Job 19:19

19 All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.

Job 19:19 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
English Standard Version (ESV)
19 All my intimate friends abhor me, and those whom I loved have turned against me.
New Living Translation (NLT)
19 My close friends detest me. Those I loved have turned against me.
The Message Bible (MSG)
19 Everyone I've ever been close to abhors me; my dearest loved ones reject me.
American Standard Version (ASV)
19 All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
19 All my closest friends are disgusted with me. Those I love have turned against me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
19 All of my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
19 All of my close friends hate me. Those I love have turned against me.

Job 19:19 Meaning and Commentary

Job 19:19

All my inward friends abhorred me
Or "the men of my secret" F13; who were so very familiar with him, that he imparted the secrets of his heart, and the most private affairs of life, unto them, placing so much confidence in them, and treating them as his bosom friends; for this is always reckoned a great instance of friendship, ( Job 15:15 ) ; and yet their minds were set against him; their affections were alienated from him; they abhorred the sight of him, and declined all conversation with him, even all of them; not one showed respect unto him:

and they whom I loved;
or "this whom I loved" F14; this and that and the other particular friend, that he loved more than others: though all men are to be loved as the creatures of God, and as fellow creatures, and especially good men, even all the saints; yet there are some that engross a greater share of love than others, among natural and spiritual relations; as Joseph was more loved by his father than the rest of his children; and, even by our Lord, John was loved more than the other disciples: and so Job, he had some particular friends that he loved above others; and yet these not only turned away from him in the time of his adversity, and turned their backs on him, and would have nothing to say to him for his comfort, nor afford him any relief of any kind in his distress, but

are turned against men;
were turned against him, and became his enemies; and, as David says of some that he had a love for, for my love, "they are my adversaries", ( Psalms 109:4 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F13 (ydwo ytm) "viri secreti mei", Montanus; "homines secreti mei", Cocceius, Schmidt; "viri arcani mei", Beza, Mercerus; "homines arcani mei consilii", Michaelis.
F14 (xzw) "et quem", V. L. "et hie seu is quem", Mercerus, Drusius.

Job 19:19 In-Context

17 My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.
18 Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.
19 All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.
20 I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21 “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S ver 14; S Job 6:14; Psalms 55:12-13
  • 2. Job 30:10; Psalms 38:11
  • 3. S ver 13; John 13:18
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