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Job 19:19

LonelinessFriendship

17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

20 My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

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BSB
All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
KJV
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
WEB
All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.
ASV
All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
DARBY
All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.
BLB
All the men of my counsel abhor me; and those I love have turned against me.
ÅB
Alle mine nærmeste venner avskyr meg, og de jeg elsket, har vendt seg mot meg.
OTB
Alle mine nære venner avskyr meg;
de jeg elsker har vendt seg mot meg.
B1930
Alle mine nærmeste venner avskyr mig, og de jeg elsket, har vendt sig mot mig.

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