What does Job 19:16 mean?

Job 19:16 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 19:16 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

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

15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

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