13
He has removed my brothers from me;
my acquaintances have abandoned me.(A)
14
My relatives stop coming by,
and my close friends have forgotten me.
15
My house guests(a) and female servants regard me as a stranger;
I am a foreigner in their sight.(B)
16
I call for my servant, but he does not answer,
even if I beg him with my own mouth.
17
My breath is offensive to my wife,
and my own family(b) finds me repulsive.
18
Even young boys scorn me.
When I stand up, they mock me.(C)
19
All of my best friends(c) despise me,(D)
and those I love have turned against me.(E)
20
My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Footnotes:

a. Job 19:15: Or The resident aliens in my household
b. Job 19:17: Lit and the sons of my belly
c. Job 19:19: Lit of the men of my council

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