John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 19:14
My kinsfolk have failed ,.... Or "ceased" F1 חדלו "desierunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Mercerus, Drusius, Piscator, Schmidt, Michaelis; "cessant", Schultens. , not to be, or that they were dead, which is sometimes the sense of the word; but they ceased from visiting him, or doing any good office for him; those that were "near" F2 קרובי "propinqui mei", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; him, as the word used signifies; that were near him in relation, and were often near him... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 19:8-22
Bildad had very disingenuously perverted Job's complaints by making them the description of the miserable condition of a wicked man; and yet he repeats them here, to move their pity, and to work upon their good nature, if they had any left in them. I. He complains of the tokens of God's displeasure which he was under, and which infused the wormwood and gall into the affliction and misery. How doleful are the accents of his complaints! ?He hath kindled his wrath against me, which flames and... read more