¹ tn Heb “friend.”

³ tn Or “friend.”

¹ tn Grk “Make friends.”

² tn Or “friend,” or “covenant partner.”

³ tn Heb “his friends are far from him.”

³ tn Heb “my close friend, one known by me.”

¹ tn Heb “his neighbor” (so NAB, NIV); NASB “his friend.”

² tn Heb “Many are the friends of the rich.” The participle of the verb אָהֵב (ʾahev, “to love”) can mean friend.

¹ sn Here the brothers are all his relatives as well as these intimate friends of Job. In contrast to what a friend should do (show kindness/loyalty), these friends have provided no support whatsoever.

³ tn Heb “his friend.” A number of English versions (e.g., NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) take this collectively, “to my friends.”

¹ sn See N. C. Habel, “‘Only the Jackal is My Friend,’ On Friends and Redeemers in Job,” Int 31 (1977): 227-36.

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the person responsible for his friend’s death) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “sent by the hand of his friend.” Here the name of the friend (“Hirah”) has been included in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Grk “dear friends, waiting for.” See note in v. 13 on “waiting for.”

² tn Grk “Who among you will have a friend and go to him.”

³ tn Or “and friends.” See L&N 28.30 and 34.17.

¹ tn Heb “I will make you an object of terror to both you and your friends.”

² tn Heb “and companions of” (so KJV, NASB); CEV “friends of crooks.”

¹ tn Heb “you cause to be far from me friend and neighbor.”

¹ tn Heb “like a friend, like a brother to me I walked about.”