19 All my intimate friends(A) detest me;(B)
    those I love have turned against me.(C)

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19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

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19 (A)All my close friends abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.

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12 While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel(A) the Gilonite, David’s counselor,(B) to come from Giloh,(C) his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept on increasing.(D)

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12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

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12 Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, (A)David’s counselor, from his city—from (B)Giloh—while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom (C)continually increased in number.

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“I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)

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I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

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“I(A) am one mocked by his friends,
Who (B)called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

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20 My intercessor(A) is my friend[a](B)
    as my eyes pour out(C) tears(D) to God;

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  1. Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn

20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.

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18 You have taken from me friend(A) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

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18 (A)Loved one and friend You have put far from me,
And my acquaintances into darkness.

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10 I hear many whispering,
    “Terror(A) on every side!
    Denounce(B) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends(C)
    are waiting for me to slip,(D) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail(E) over him
    and take our revenge(F) on him.”

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10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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10 (A)For I heard many [a]mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
(B)All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”

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  1. Jeremiah 20:10 slandering

22 All the women(A) left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you:

“‘They misled you and overcame you—
    those trusted friends(B) of yours.
Your feet are sunk in the mud;(C)
    your friends have deserted you.’

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22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

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22 ‘Now behold, all the (A)women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be surrendered to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say:

“Your close friends have [a]set upon you
And prevailed against you;
Your feet have sunk in the mire,
And they have [b]turned away again.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 38:22 Or misled
  2. Jeremiah 38:22 Deserted you