Job 19:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.”
Job 19:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 19:17 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 19:17 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 19:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.”
Job 19:17 — World English Bible
Job 19:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother. ”
Job 19:17 — American Standard Version
Job 19:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my <FI>mother's<Fi> womb.”
Job 19:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 19:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb. ”
Job 19:17 — Darby Translation
Job 19:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“My breath was strange vnto my wife, though I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine owne body.”
Job 19:17 — Geneva Bible
Job 19:17 in Context — Job 19
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
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What Does Job 19:17 Mean?
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