John Trapp on Job 19:13

Verſe 13. He hath put my brethren far from me] In their affections at leaſt: ſome ſtuck to him but for a miſchief, for they proved miſerable Comforters: as did likewiſe Peter to our Saviour, who fled not with the reſt of the Diſciples, but better he had, for any good he did him, A brother is born for adverſity, ſaith Solomon Proverb. 17.17 and although at other times there may be ſome unkindneſſe, fratum concordia rara eſt, yet in affliction and extremity good nature will work, and good blood will not belye it ſelf: But Jobs brethren proved unkind, and grew out of kind, they got fartheſt from him, when his enemies had beſieged him. And all this befel him, not without the Lord: He hath put my brethren far from us; this was no ſmall aggravation of the affliction, that God with-drew or with-held that aſſiſtance and influence that ſhould have inlarged and united the hearts of his brethren unto him. See Pſal. 105.25.

And mine acquaintance are verily eſtranged from me] Thoſe that formerly knew me throughly, and were as well knowne of me, mine intimate friends,Noti mei. Vulg. Neceſſarii met. Tigur. Quaſi eſſet ſcriptum aczaru. who knew all my heart, are now truly as ſtrange to me, as if there had never been any ſuch matter of Acquaintance. R. Solomon readeth it, They are cruel to me. All the brethren of the poor man hate him (ſaith Solomon, Prov. 19.7) how much mere do his friends go far from him? He purſueth them with words: yet they are wanting to him. This the Heathen, (as Ovid and others) heavily complain of. In the River Araris there is reported to be a fiſh called Scolopidus, which at the waxing of the Moon is as white as the driven ſnow, and at the wayning thereof, is as black as a burnt coal. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Thuc. Et cum fortuna ſtat que caditqus fides. Ovid. Tempora ſi fuerint nubula, ſolus cris. Ibid. A fit embleme of a falſe friend. Wealth maketh many friends, but the poor is ſepareted from his neighour, Prov. 19.4. who therefore turneth from him as a ſtranger, if not againſt him as an enemy.