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19 My closest friends[a] detest me;
    even the ones I love have turned against me.
20 I’m a pile of skin and bones;
    I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.”

Job Pleads with His Friends

21 “Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends,
    because God’s hand has struck me.

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  1. Job 19:19 Or circle of familiar friends

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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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums