But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'
NIV
But if [God] snatches him from his property, [then having passed into the hands of others] it [his property] will forget and deny him, [saying,] I have never seen you [before, as if ashamed of him--like his former friends].
AMP
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
KJV