Job 19:14 (WEB)

Passage

My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

Nearby Context

Job 19:12 His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.

Job 19:13 “He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

Job 19:14 My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:15 Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

Job 19:16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "He has put my brothers far from..." into verse 15's "Those who dwell in my house and...", so "relatives" and "gone" 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 "relatives" and "gone" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.