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


In Context

14 My kinsmen have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

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

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

18 Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.

19 All my intimate friends abhorred 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 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 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.