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my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances have completely turned away from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He has put my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God has turned relatives and friends against me, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"My brothers stay far away from me. My friends are complete strangers to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God has made my own family forsake me; I am a stranger to those who knew me; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"My brothers are alienated from me; my acquaintances are estranged;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance are verily estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He has put my brothers far off from me, "" And my acquaintances have surely been estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He removed my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance truly turned aside from me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have withdrawn from me like strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My family has withdrawn from me, my friends are wholly estranged. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“He has put my family far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />My brothers are far off from me, and my acquaintances have deserted me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />My brothers have gone far from me and my acquaintances have left<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognized strangers <i>rather</i> than me: and my friends have become pitiless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/19-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2889" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Job: My Redeemer Lives</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7368.htm" title="7368: hir·ḥîq (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To be or become far or distant. A primitive root; to widen, i.e. recede or remove.">He has removed</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’a·ḥay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">my brothers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·lay (Prep-m:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wə·yō·ḏə·‘ay (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">my acquaintances</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ- (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zā·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">have abandoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Psalm 38:11</a></span><br />My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-8.htm">Psalm 88:8</a></span><br />You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Psalm 31:11</a></span><br />Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-8.htm">Psalm 69:8</a></span><br />I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Lamentations 1:2</a></span><br />She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Lamentations 1:19</a></span><br />I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">Jeremiah 12:6</a></span><br />Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Micah 7:5-6</a></span><br />Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. / For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-7.htm">Proverbs 19:7</a></span><br />All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-21.htm">Matthew 10:21</a></span><br />Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-35.htm">Matthew 10:35-36</a></span><br />For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. / A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-52.htm">Luke 12:52-53</a></span><br />From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. / They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a></span><br />He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-5.htm">John 7:5</a></span><br />For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintance are truly estranged from me.</p><p class="hdg">put my brethren</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Psalm 31:11</a></b></br> I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Psalm 38:11</a></b></br> My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-8.htm">Psalm 69:8,20</a></b></br> I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children… </p><p class="hdg">estranged</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-21.htm">Job 6:21-23</a></b></br> For now ye are nothing; ye see <i>my</i> casting down, and are afraid… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm">Acquaintance</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Acquaintances</a> <a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Alienated</a> <a href="/job/18-3.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Estranged</a> <a href="/job/13-21.htm">Far</a> <a href="/job/18-20.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/job/6-13.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/job/19-10.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/job/19-3.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/job/18-21.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-24.htm">Verily</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-21.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/42-11.htm">Acquaintance</a> <a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Acquaintances</a> <a href="/psalms/78-30.htm">Alienated</a> <a href="/job/21-23.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/psalms/58-3.htm">Estranged</a> <a href="/job/21-16.htm">Far</a> <a href="/job/20-29.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/psalms/77-8.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/job/32-15.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/job/20-4.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/psalms/37-3.htm">Verily</a> <a href="/job/21-23.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Job 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-1.htm">Job, complaining of his friends' cruelty, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-6.htm">shows there is misery enough in him to feed their cruelty</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-21.htm">He craves pity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-23.htm">He believes the resurrection</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew root for "removed" is "רָחַק" (rachaq), which means to distance or separate. This indicates that Job perceives his suffering as orchestrated by God, who has allowed or caused this separation. In the context of Job's trials, this removal is not just physical but also emotional and spiritual, highlighting the depth of Job's isolation and the perceived divine hand in his suffering.<p><b>my brothers</b><br />In ancient Near Eastern culture, "brothers" often referred not only to biological siblings but also to close kin and allies. The Hebrew word "אָח" (ach) encompasses this broader sense of familial and social bonds. Job's lament here underscores the breakdown of these essential relationships, which were crucial for support and survival. This loss of brotherhood reflects a profound social and personal alienation, intensifying Job's sense of abandonment.<p><b>far from me</b><br />The phrase "far from me" emphasizes the extent of the separation. The Hebrew "רָחוֹק" (rachoq) conveys a sense of distance that is both physical and emotional. This distance is not just a matter of geography but also of relational and spiritual estrangement. In the ancient world, community and proximity were vital for identity and support, so this distance signifies a deep rupture in Job's life.<p><b>my acquaintances</b><br />"Acquaintances" refers to those who were once familiar and friendly with Job. The Hebrew "יֹדְעָי" (yodai) comes from the root "יָדַע" (yada), meaning to know intimately. This suggests that those who once had a close and personal relationship with Job have now become distant. The use of this term highlights the betrayal and loss of trust that Job feels, as those who should have been his support have abandoned him.<p><b>have only turned away</b><br />The phrase "have only turned away" indicates a deliberate action of rejection. The Hebrew "זָרוּ" (zaru) implies a turning aside or alienation. This turning away is not passive but an active choice by Job's acquaintances to distance themselves from him. In the context of Job's suffering, this rejection adds to his anguish, as it reflects a societal judgment and abandonment in his time of need.<p><b>from me</b><br />The repetition of "from me" at the end of the verse reinforces Job's personal experience of isolation. It is a poignant reminder of his solitary state, emphasizing that the separation is not just from a community but is deeply personal. This personal isolation is central to Job's lament, as it underscores the depth of his suffering and the comprehensive nature of his loss.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">He hath put my brethren far from me.</span>--The Psalmist has apparently copied this in <a href="/psalms/88-8.htm" title="You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.">Psalm 88:8</a>. The sense of human desertion is hardly less terrible than that of being forsaken by God, and this has been added to him. It is not easy to read these sad complaints of Job without seeing how fitly they apply to the sorrows of the Man of sorrows. Those who, with the present writer, believe in the overruling presence of the Holy Ghost will adore His wisdom in this fitness; but at all events it shows how completely Christ entered into the very heart of human suffering, in that the deepest expressions of suffering inevitably remind us of Him, whether those expressions are met with in the Book of Job, in the Psalms of David, or in the Lamentations of Jeremiah.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He hath put my brethren far from me</span>. Job had actual "brothers" (<a href="/job/42-11.htm">Job 42:11</a>), who forsook him and "dealt deceitfully" with him (<a href="/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15</a>) during the time of his adversity, but were glad enough to return to him and "eat bread with him" in his later prosperous life. Their alienation from him during the period of his afflictions he here regards as among the trials laid upon him by God. Compare the similar woe of Job's great Antitype (<a href="/john/5-5.htm">John 5:5</a>, "For neither did his brethren believe on him"). <span class="cmt_word">And mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Psalm 38:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Psalm 69:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/88-8.htm">Psalm 88:8, 18</a>). The desertion of the afflicted by their fair-weather friends is a standing topic with the poets and moralists of all ages and nations. Job was not singular in this affliction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/19-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He has removed</span><br /><span class="heb">הִרְחִ֑יק</span> <span class="translit">(hir·ḥîq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7368.htm">Strong's 7368: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become far or distant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my brothers</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֭חַי</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּֽנִּי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me;</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעָלַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my acquaintances</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝יֹדְעַ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yō·ḏə·‘ay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have abandoned me.</span><br /><span class="heb">זָ֥רוּ</span> <span class="translit">(zā·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/19-13.htm">Job 19:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/19-13.htm">OT Poetry: Job 19:13 He has put my brothers far (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/19-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 19:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 19:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/19-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 19:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 19:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>