18 Even young boys scorn me.
When I stand up, they mock me.(A)
19 All of my best friends[a] despise me,(B)
and those I love have turned against me.(C)
20 My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:19 Lit of the men of my council

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