Job 19:20
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
In Context
19All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
Cross References
Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
Job 33:19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Psalms 102:6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
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 →