Job 19:14 (DBY)

Passage

My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.

Nearby Context

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.

Job 19:16 I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kinsfolk", "failed", "known", "friends", and "forgotten". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "kinsfolk" and "failed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "He hath put my brethren far from..." into verse 15's "The sojourners in my house and my...", so "kinsfolk" and "failed" 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 "kinsfolk" and "failed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.