20 My (A)bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

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20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(A)
    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

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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For my days (A)have ended in smoke,
And my (B)bones have been scorched like a hearth.
My heart (C)has been struck like [a]grass and has (D)withered,
Indeed, I (E)forget to eat my bread.
Because of the [b]loudness of my groaning
My (F)bones [c]cling to my flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:4 Lit herbage
  2. Psalm 102:5 Lit voice
  3. Psalm 102:5 Lit have cleaved

For my days vanish like smoke;(A)
    my bones(B) burn like glowing embers.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(C)
    I forget to eat my food.(D)
In my distress I groan aloud(E)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.

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For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

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