🌪️WEB · Job 19:16

What does Job 19:16 mean?

"I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth."

— Job 19:16 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

13

“He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

14

My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

15

Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

16

I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.

17

My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

18

Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.

19

All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

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