Job 19:20
Unto my skin and unto my flesh, have my bones cleaved, and I have escaped with the akin of my teeth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 the men of mine intimate circle abhor me, and, these whom I loved, have turned against me;
21Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!
Cross References
Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:
Job 33:19Or he is chastised with pain, upon his bed, and, the strife of his bones, is unceasing!
Psalms 22:14Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones,—My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones became worn out, Through my groaning all the day;
Psalms 102:3For, consumed in smoke, are my days, And, my bones, like a burning mass, are scorched through;
Psalms 102:6I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among 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 →