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20 ·I am nothing but skin and bones [L My bones cling to my skin and my flesh];
    I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 Pity me, my friends, pity me,
    because the hand of God has ·hit [touched; struck] me.
22 Why do you ·chase [pursue; persecute] me as God does?
    ·Haven’t you hurt me enough [L Aren’t you satisfied with my flesh]?

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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