Job 19:20
My bones cleave to my flesh and my skin, And I have scarcely escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Noyes 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 bosom friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
21Have pity upon me, O ye my friends! have pity upon me; For the hand of God hath smitten me!
Cross References
Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms, and clods of dust; My skin is broken and become loathsome.
Job 33:19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with a continual agitation of his bones,
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is become like wax; It melteth in my bosom.
Psalms 32:3While I kept silence, my bones were wasted, By reason of my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 102:3For my life is consumed like smoke, And my bones burn like a brand.
Psalms 102:6I am like the pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl amid 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 →