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13 “He has put my brothers far from me.
    My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
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 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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13 He hath put my brethren far from me,
And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed,
And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They that [a]dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger:
I am an alien in their sight.
16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer,
Though I entreat him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife,
And [b]my supplication to the children [c]of mine own mother.
18 Even young children despise me;
If I arise, they speak against me.
19 All [d]my familiar friends abhor me,
And they whom I loved are turned against me.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh,
And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:15 Or, sojourn
  2. Job 19:17 Or, I make supplication. Or, I am loathsome
  3. Job 19:17 Or, of my body
  4. Job 19:19 Hebrew the men of my council.

13 “He has alienated my family(A) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(B)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends(C) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(D) and my female servants(E) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(F) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(G) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(H)
19 All my intimate friends(I) detest me;(J)
    those I love have turned against me.(K)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(L)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums