Job 19:13 (DBY)

Passage

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.

Nearby Context

Job 19:11 And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

Job 19:12 His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.

Job 19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.

Job 19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:15 The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "brethren", "mine", "acquaintance", "quite", and "estranged". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "brethren", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "His troops have come together and cast..." into verse 14's "My kinsfolk have failed and my known...", so "hath" and "brethren" 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 "hath" and "brethren" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.