19 All [a]my (A)associates loathe me,
And those I love have turned against me.

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 19:19 Lit the men of my council

19 All my intimate friends abhor me,
    and those whom I love have turned against me.(A)

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19 They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is turned against me.

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I Know That God Lives

13-20 “God alienated my family from me;
    everyone who knows me avoids me.
My relatives and friends have all left;
    houseguests forget I ever existed.
The servant girls treat me like a deadbeat off the street,
    look at me like they’ve never seen me before.
I call my attendant and he ignores me,
    ignores me even though I plead with him.
My wife can’t stand to be around me anymore.
    I’m repulsive to my family.
Even street urchins despise me;
    when I come out, they taunt and jeer.
Everyone I’ve ever been close to abhors me;
    my dearest loved ones reject me.
I’m nothing but a bag of bones;
    my life hangs by a thread.

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