20I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.


In Context

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.

20 I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

21 "Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

22 Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

Job 19:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:20The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:20My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:20My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:20To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:20My bone sticks to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.