OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 17

Job 19:17

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My breath is offensive to my wife.

I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

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Job 19:17 in context

Job 19:14–20

14

My relatives have gone away.

My familiar friends have forgotten me.

15

Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger.

I am an alien in their sight.

16

I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer.

I beg him with my mouth.

17
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My breath is offensive to my wife.

I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

18

Even young children despise me.

If I arise, they speak against me.

19

All my familiar friends abhor me.

They whom I loved have turned against me.

20

My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh.

I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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