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18 Children despise me and laugh when they see me.
19 (A)My closest friends look at me with disgust;
    those I loved most have turned against me.
20 My skin hangs loose on my bones;
    I have barely escaped with my life.[a]

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  1. Job 19:20 Verse 20 in Hebrew is unclear.

18 Even the little boys(A) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(B)
19 All my intimate friends(C) detest me;(D)
    those I love have turned against me.(E)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(F)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

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  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums