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13 “God has ·made my brothers my enemies [L moved my brothers far from me],
    and my friends have become strangers.
14 ·My relatives [L Those near me] have ·gone away [or failed me],
    and my ·friends [acquaintances] have forgotten me.
15 My guests and my ·female servants [T maidservants] ·treat [or consider] me like a stranger;
    they look at me as if I were a foreigner.
16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer,
    even when I ·beg him with my own mouth [ask him for a personal favor].
17 My wife ·can’t stand [abhors] my breath,
    and my own family ·dislikes me [finds me repulsive].
18 Even the little boys ·hate [L reject] me
    and talk ·about [or against] me when I leave.
19 All my close friends ·hate [L detest] me;
    even those I love have turned against me.
20 ·I am nothing but skin and bones [L My bones cling to my skin and my flesh];
    I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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