Job 19:14 (YLT)

Passage

Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

Nearby Context

Job 19:12 Come in do His troops together, And they raise up against me their way, And encamp round about my tent.

Job 19:13 My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.

Job 19:14 Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

Job 19:15 Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.

Job 19:16 To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "My brethren from me He hath put..." into verse 15's "Sojourners of my house and my maids...", so "ceased" and "neighbours" 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 "ceased" and "neighbours" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.