Job 19:19

19:19 All my closest friends ¹  detest me;

and those whom ²  I love have turned against me. ³ 

Psalms 41:9

41:9 Even my close friend ⁴  whom I trusted,

he who shared meals with me, has turned against me. ⁵ 

Psalms 55:13-14

55:13 But it is you, ⁶  a man like me, ⁷ 

my close friend in whom I confided. ⁸ 

55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; ⁹ 

in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.

Luke 11:53-54

11:53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law ¹⁰  and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, ¹¹  and to ask him hostile questions ¹²  about many things, 11:54 plotting against ¹³  him, to catch ¹⁴  him in something he might say.

Luke 12:52-53

12:52 For from now on ¹⁵  there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three. 12:53 They will be divided, ¹⁶  father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

[19:19]  ¹ tn Heb “men of my confidence,” or “men of my council,” i.e., intimate friends, confidants.

[19:19]  ² tn The pronoun זֶה (zeh) functions here in the place of a nominative (see GKC 447 §138.h).

[19:19]  ³ tn T. Penar translates this “turn away from me” (“Job 19,19 in the Light of Ben Sira 6,11,” Bib 48 [1967]: 293-95).

[41:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “man of my peace.” The phrase here refers to one’s trusted friend (see Jer 38:22; Obad 7).

[41:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “has made a heel great against me.” The precise meaning of this phrase, which appears only here, is uncertain.

[55:13]  ⁶ sn It is you. The psalmist addresses the apparent ringleader of the opposition, an individual who was once his friend.

[55:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “a man according to my value,” i.e., “a person such as I.”

[55:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “my close friend, one known by me.”

[55:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.

[11:53]  ¹⁰ tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[11:53]  ¹¹ tn Or “terribly.”

[11:53]  ¹² tn For this term see L&N 33.183.

[11:54]  ¹³ tn Grk “lying in ambush against,” but this is a figurative extension of that meaning.

[11:54]  ¹⁴ tn This term was often used in a hunting context (BDAG 455 s.v. θηρεύω; L&N 27.30). Later examples of this appear in Luke 20.

[12:52]  ¹⁵ sn From now on is a popular phrase in Luke: 1:48; 5:10; 22:18, 69; see Mic 7:6.

[12:53]  ¹⁶ tn There is dispute whether this phrase belongs to the end of v. 52 or begins v. 53. Given the shift of object, a connection to v. 53 is slightly preferred.