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20 Jag är bara skinn och ben och har nätt och jämnt klarat mig undan döden.

21 Mina vänner, tyck åtminstone synd om mig, för Guds vredes hand har kommit över mig.

22 Varför måste ni också förfölja mig? Räcker inte den ångest jag redan har?

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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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  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.

21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

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

21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me!
22 Why do you (B)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?

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