Job 19:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”

Job 19:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 19:20 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Job 19:20 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Job 19:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.”

Job 19:20 — World English Bible

Job 19:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. ”

Job 19:20 — American Standard Version

Job 19:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.”

Job 19:20 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 19:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. ”

Job 19:20 — Darby Translation

Job 19:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my flesh, and I haue escaped with the skinne of my teeth.”

Job 19:20 — Geneva Bible

Job 19:20 in Context — Job 19

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.

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

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What Does Job 19:20 Mean?

Job 19:20 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 19. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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