Job 19:14 (GNV)

Passage

My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.

Nearby Context

Job 19:12 His armies came together, and made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle.

Job 19:13 He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.

Job 19:14 My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.

Job 19:15 They that dwel in mine house, and my maydes tooke me for a stranger: for I was a stranger in their sight.

Job 19:16 I called my seruant, but he would not answere, though I prayed him with my mouth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neighbours", "haue", "forsaken", "familiars", and "forgotten". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neighbours" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "He hath remooued my brethre farre from..." into verse 15's "They that dwel in mine house and...", so "neighbours" and "haue" 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 "neighbours" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.