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20 My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh,
    and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.(A)

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Because of my loud groaning,
    my bones cling to my skin.(A)

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Now their visage is blacker than soot;
    they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
    it has become as dry as wood.(A)

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19 They are also chastened with pain upon their beds
    and with continual strife in their bones,(A)
20 so that their lives loathe bread
    and their appetites dainty food.(B)
21 Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
    and their bones, once invisible, now stick out.(C)
22 Their souls draw near the Pit
    and their lives to those who bring death.(D)

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10 Our skin is black as an oven
    from the scorching heat of famine.(A)

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He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
    he has broken my bones;(A)

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For my days pass away like smoke,
    and my bones burn like a furnace.(A)

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There is no soundness in my flesh
    because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
    because of my sin.(A)

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While I kept silent, my body wasted away
    through my groaning all day long.(A)
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
    my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah(B)

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  1. 32.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain

14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
    it is melted within my breast;(A)
15 my mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd,
    and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.(B)

16 For dogs are all around me;
    a company of evildoers encircles me;
they bound my hands and feet.[b](C)
17 I can count all my bones.
They stare and gloat over me;

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  1. 22.15 Cn: Heb strength
  2. 22.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain

30 My skin turns black and falls from me,
    and my bones burn with heat.(A)

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My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt;
    my skin hardens, then breaks out again.

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Then the accuser[a] answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that the man has he will give for his life. But stretch out your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.”(A) The Lord said to the accuser,[b] “Very well, he is in your power; only spare his life.”(B)

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  1. 2.4 Heb the satan
  2. 2.6 Heb the satan