Job 19:20
To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
Young's Literal Translation
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
19Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.
21Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.
Cross References
Job 7:5Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
Job 33:19And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
Psalms 22:14As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 32:3When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.
Psalms 102:3For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
Psalms 102:6I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
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 →