Bible Strands
Job 19:13
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses his three companions while describing the active siege of hostile troops around his tent. He speaks in the immediate aftermath of his physical encirclement to document his social isolation.
The words — הִרְחִ֑יק (hir.Chik) literally means he has put far away, and זָ֥רוּ (Za.ru) means they have become estranged. These verbs record the movement of kin and acquaintances from proximity to distance.
The thread — The pattern of removed friends and estranged kin appears in Psalms 88:8, Psalms 69:8, and Psalms 88:18. These texts repeat the motif of community being stripped away through divine action or circumstance.
Why it lands — The verse states that physical siege directly produces social abandonment. It requires the reader to accept the textual claim that isolation is a documented reality in Scripture and to trace its recurrence without adding emotional commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
Cross-references
- Psalms 88:8 You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
- Psalms 69:8 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
- Psalms 88:18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
- Psalms 31:11 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
- Psalms 69:20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
- Job 6:21 For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
- Job 16:7 Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
- Psalms 38:11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
- Matthew 26:56 But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
- 2 Timothy 4:16 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.