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19 All my close friends despise me;
    those I love have turned against me.
20 My bones cling to my skin and my flesh;
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

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

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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