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


In Context

14 My kinsmen have gone away; my friends have forgotten me.

15 My guests and my maidservants count me a stranger; they look upon me as an alien.

16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.

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

18 Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.

19 All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have 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 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 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.