Ayub 19:13

Job’s Forsaken State

19:13 “He has put my relatives ¹  far from me;

my acquaintances only ²  turn away from me.

[19:13]  ¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[19:13]  ² tn The LXX apparently took אַךְ־זָרוּ (’akh, “even, only,” and zaru, “they turn away”) together as if it was the verb אַכְזָרוּ (’akhzaru, “they have become cruel,” as in 20:21). But the grammar in the line would be difficult with this. Moreover, the word is most likely from זוּר (zur, “to turn away”). See L. A. Snijders, “The Meaning of zar in the Old Testament,” OTS 10 (1964): 1-154 (especially p. 9).