Job 19:15

What does Job 19:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 19:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I am strange to my women-servants, and seem to them as one from another country.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They that dwell in my house, and my maidservants have counted me as a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

Context

v.14My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

v.15This passage

v.16I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, ThoughI entreat him with my mouth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 123:3

    Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

  • Job 31:31

    If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

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