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Job 19:20

SufferingSickness and healing

18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

22 Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

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BSB
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
KJV
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
WEB
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
ASV
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
DARBY
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
BLB
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
ÅB
Mine ben trenger ut gjennom min hud og mitt kjøtt, og bare tannhinnen er enda urørt på meg.
OTB
Jeg er redusert til hud og ben;
jeg har sluppet unna med bare huden på mine tenner.
B1930
Mine ben trenger ut gjennem min hud og mitt kjøtt, og bare tannhinnen er ennu urørt på mig.

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