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


In Context

14 My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.

15 They that dwelt in my house, and my maidservants have counted me a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.

16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.

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

18 Even fools despise me; and when I gone from them, they spoke against me.

19 They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.