² tn Or “kinsmen,” “relatives,” “fellow countrymen.”

¹ tn Grk “kinsmen, relatives, fellow countrymen.”

¹ tn That is, “his own relatives.”

² tn Or “relatives” (so CEV; NRSV “kin”); also in v. 19.

² tn Or “relatives”; or “colleagues” (cf. NLT “ten other priests”).

² tn Heb “your relatives.” The word “relatives” has not been repeated in the translation here for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Heb “for to my country and my relatives you must go.”

² tn Heb “brothers” (so NASB, NIV); NRSV “Your own people”; NLT “Your close relatives.”

⁴ tn Heb “your brother Jacob” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NCV “your relatives, the Israelites.”

³ tn Grk “There is no one from your relatives who is called by this name.”

⁴ tn Grk “any of his own” (this could also refer to relatives).

² tn The word is “brothers,” but this can be interpreted more loosely to relatives. So also in v. 7.

² tn The precise meaning and derivation of this word are uncertain. Cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV “the issue”; CEV “relatives.”

¹ tn BDAG 194 s.v. γένος 2. gives “family, relatives” here; another alternative is “race” (see v. 19).

¹ sn This is the standard poetic expression for death. The bones would be buried, often with the bones of relatives in the same tomb, giving rise to the expression.

³ sn The general statement prohibiting sexual intercourse between close relatives serves as an opening summary statement for the following section, which gives details concerning which degrees of relationship are specifically forbidden.

¹ tn Heb “your brothers” (also in vv. 4, 7), but this does not refer to siblings or necessarily even to relatives. It refers to the Israelites of the remaining tribes.

² tc The translation reads with the LXX and Vulgate וְאֶחָיו (vÿ’ekhayv, “and his brethren” = “relatives”; so NCV, NLT) rather than the reading אָחִיו (’akhiyv, “his brother”) of the MT.

¹ sn Here the brothers are all his relatives as well as these intimate friends of Job. In contrast to what a friend should do (show kindness/loyalty), these friends have provided no support whatsoever.

² tn Grk “and brothers and relatives,” but καί (kai) has not been translated twice here since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.