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: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## my acquaintances are wholly alienated from me ##

"my friends even treat me like they were strangers"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/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: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])