en_tn/job/19/13.md

translationWords

• en:tw:brother
• en:tw:kin

translationNotes

• Job continues to speak to his three friends.
• He has put my brothers far from me - "God caused my brothers to be far away from me." This image means that Job's brothers refuse to help him. AT: "God caused my brothers to refuse to help me." (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• my acquaintances are wholly alienated from me - "my friends even treat me like they were strangers" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)
• My kinsfolk have failed me - "My relatives have left me without help"
• my close friends - "my intimate friends"
• have forgotten - refuse to treat a person according to former deeds and relationship. Job compares forgetting to refusal to help. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)