13 He has removed my brothers from me;
my acquaintances have abandoned me.(A)

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13 “He has alienated my family(A) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(B)

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11 My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.(A)

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11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(A)
    my neighbors stay far away.

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You have distanced my friends from me;
you have made me repulsive to them.(A)
I am shut in and cannot go out.

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You have taken from me my closest friends(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(B) and cannot escape;(C)

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18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 88:18 Or from me, my friends. Oh darkness!

18 You have taken from me friend(A) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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