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20 I’m a pile of skin and bones;
    I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.”

Job Pleads with His Friends

21 “Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends,
    because God’s hand has struck me.
22 Why are you chasing me, as God has been doing?
    Aren’t you satisfied that I’m sick?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:22 Lit. satisfied with my flesh

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