17My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my mother's womb.


In Context

14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.

15 The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

16 I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.

17 My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my mother's womb.

18 Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.

19 All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.

Job 19:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s [sake] of mine own body.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:17My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own brothers.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:17My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:17My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:17My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the children of my mother's womb.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:17My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of my own body.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:17My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:17My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my mother's womb.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:17My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of my own body.