19 All my secret friends abhorred me, and they whom I loved, are turned against me.

20 My bone [a]cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the [b]skin of my teeth.

21 Have pity upon me: have [c]pity upon me, (O ye my friends) for the hand of God hath touched me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Besides these great losses and most cruel unkindness, he was touched in his own person, as followeth.
  2. Job 19:20 All my flesh was consumed.
  3. Job 19:21 Seeing I have these just causes to complain, condemn me not as an hypocrite, specially ye which should comfort me.

19 All my intimate friends(A) detest me;(B)
    those I love have turned against me.(C)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(D)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(E) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(F) me.

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  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums