Job 19:19

19:19 All my closest friends detest me;

and those whom I love have turned against me.

Job 19:21

19:21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me,

for the hand of God has struck me.


tn Heb “men of my confidence,” or “men of my council,” i.e., intimate friends, confidants.

tn The pronoun זֶה (zeh) functions here in the place of a nominative (see GKC 447 §138.h).

tn T. Penar translates this “turn away from me” (“Job 19,19 in the Light of Ben Sira 6,11,” Bib 48 [1967]: 293-95).