Job 19:17
My breath, is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my own mother;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
16To mine own servant, I called, and he would not answer, With mine own mouth, I kept entreating him;
18Even young children, despise me, I rise up, and they speak against me;
Cross References
Job 17:1My spirit, is broken, My days, are extinguished, Graves, are left 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 →