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20 My body is now only skin and bones.
    I still breathe but I am only just alive.
21 Please be kind to me, my friends.
God has caused me to suffer,
    so please be kind to me.
22 Do not punish me as God is punishing me.
    You have already caused me to suffer enough.

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20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(A)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(B) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(C) me.
22 Why do you pursue(D) me as God does?(E)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums