They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
Parallel translations
- WEB Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.
- BSB My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
- NKJV Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
- NASB “Those who live in my house and my servant women consider me a stranger. I am a foreigner in their sight.
- NLT My servants and maids consider me a stranger. I am like a foreigner to them.
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Quick answer
Even his household servants and maids treat Job as a stranger and foreigner. He is an outsider in his own home.
Overview
Job, once master of a great house, is now regarded as an alien by his own servants, a complete reversal of honor. His estrangement extends to the most ordinary relationships of daily life. The verse poignantly captures how suffering can strip away every familiar comfort, leaving the sufferer to look beyond all earthly support to God alone.
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Cross-references · 2
- Ps 123:3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Job 31:31–32If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
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