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19     My closest friends can no longer bear me,
        and anyone I have ever loved has turned against me.
20     I am reduced to skin and bones;
        I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21     Show me your pity, my friends, show me your pity!
        For truly, I have been struck by the hand of God.

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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