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19 All my intimate friends[a] abhor me,
and these whom I have loved have turned against me.
20 My bones[b] cling to my skin and to my flesh,
and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 “Pity me, pity me, you my friends,
for God’s hand has touched me.

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  1. Job 19:19 Literally “the men of the circle of my confidants”
  2. Job 19:20 Collective singular

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