Job 19:19 (ASV)

Passage

All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.

Nearby Context

Job 19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

Job 19:18 Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

Job 19:19 All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.

Job 19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Job 19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "familiar", "friends", "abhor", "loved", "turned", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "familiar" and "friends", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Even young children despise me If I..." into verse 20's "My bone cleaveth to my skin and...", so "familiar" and "friends" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "familiar" and "friends" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.