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11 I am the scorn of all my adversaries,
    a horror[a] to my neighbors,
an object of dread to my acquaintances;
    those who see me in the street flee from me.(A)

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  1. 31.11 Cn: Heb exceedingly

11 Because of all my enemies,(A)
    I am the utter contempt(B) of my neighbors(C)
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
    those who see me on the street flee from me.

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He was despised and rejected by others;
    a man of suffering[a] and acquainted with infirmity,
and as one from whom others hide their faces[b]
    he was despised, and we held him of no account.(A)

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  1. 53.3 Or a man of sorrows
  2. 53.3 Or as one who hides his face from us

He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,(A) and familiar with pain.(B)
Like one from whom people hide(C) their faces
    he was despised,(D) and we held him in low esteem.

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