Job 19:13

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

Cross-reference

Job 6:21-23 earlier accuses friends of failing to help, consistent with the estrangement described here.

Job 30:1 Parallel

Job 30:1 adds mockery by those once beneath him, expanding the theme of social rejection and humiliation.

Job 30:10 Parallel

In Job 30:10, Job further describes how people abhor him and keep aloof — intensifying the same theme of abandonment by acquaintances.

Job 42:11 Contrast

In Job 42:11, those who had abandoned Job now return to comfort him — a reversal of the estrangement described here.

2 Timothy 4:16 records Paul's experience of being deserted at his defense, paralleling Job's cry of abandonment.

Matthew 26:56 shows Jesus' disciples forsaking Him, a typological fulfillment of the righteous sufferer abandoned by companions.

Psalm 88:18 Parallel

Psalm 88:18 repeats the motif of beloved friends shunning, reinforcing the lament of total abandonment.

Psalm 88:8 Parallel

Psalm 88:8 attributes the shunning directly to God, just as Job sees God as the cause of his isolation.

Psalm 69:20 Parallel

Psalm 69:20 adds the dimension of seeking comforters but finding none, deepening the theme of abandonment.

Psalm 69:8 Parallel

Psalm 69:8 similarly describes becoming a stranger to one's own brothers, mirroring Job's estrangement from family.

Psalm 38:11 Parallel

Psalm 38:11 echoes this same isolation: friends and kin stand aloof because of the sufferer's affliction.

Psalm 31:11 Parallel

In Psalm 31:11, David says he is a reproach to neighbors and acquaintances flee, closely matching Job's estrangement from brothers and friends.

Psalm 142:4 Parallel

Psalm 142:4 echoes Job's isolation — 'no one cares for my soul' parallels the estrangement from acquaintances.

Lamentations 1:2 describes Jerusalem's friends dealing treacherously — mirroring Job's experience of being abandoned by acquaintances.

Mark 14:50 Parallel

In Mark 14:50, the disciples abandon Jesus at his arrest, mirroring Job's experience of being forsaken by his brothers and acquaintances.

Luke 23:49 Parallel

In Luke 23:49, Jesus' acquaintances stand at a distance during his crucifixion, echoing Job's estrangement but with a hint of presence rather than total abandonment.

Proverbs 14:20 states the general principle that the poor are disliked — explaining why Job's acquaintances abandoned him.

Proverbs 19:4 similarly notes that a poor man is deserted by his friend — directly illustrating Job's experience.

Lamentations 1:19 continues the theme of friends deceiving — similar to Job's acquaintances becoming estranged.

Matthew 10:36 warns that a person's enemies may be from his own household — matching Job's experience of family estrangement.