Job 19:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.”

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BSBPD

“My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my <FI>mother's<Fi> womb.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 19:17 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 2:9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
  2. Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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