Job 19:13 Meaning and Explanation
“He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.”
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Read Full Chapter →Job grieves that God has driven his brothers far off and made his acquaintances strangers.
What Does Job 19:13 Mean?
Job now turns from divine assault to human abandonment, and traces even this to God's hand. His brothers are far from him; those who once knew him have become estranged. The circle of relationships that held his life together has dissolved, leaving him alone in his anguish.
Isolation is among the heaviest of sufferings. To lose health and wealth is bitter; to lose the nearness of family and friends is a deeper desolation. Job's experience foreshadows the Man of Sorrows, despised and forsaken, from whom even his disciples fled. Because Christ entered that abandonment, no sufferer is ever truly alone; he draws near precisely to those everyone else has left.
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What does Job 19:13 mean?
Job grieves that God has driven his brothers far off and made his acquaintances strangers.