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Job 19:17

World English Bible

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 other translations

My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

Job 19:17 · American Standard Version

Job 19:17 in context

  1. 15Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger.
    I am an alien in their sight.
  2. 16I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer.
    I beg him with my mouth.
  3. 17My breath is offensive to my wife.
    I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
  4. 18Even young children despise me.
    If I arise, they speak against me.
  5. 19All my familiar friends abhor me.
    They whom I loved have turned against me.