Job 19:17
My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the sons of my own mother.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
In Context
16I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I entreat him with my mouth.
18Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
Cross References
Job 17:1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is [ready] for me.
Matthew Henry on Job 19:9-23
Job Complains of God's Displeasure; Job Complains of His Friends. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my… Read the whole commentary →